In this deck, you'll learn how to use the past tenses you already know to talk about key life events. This will allow you to give a simple biography of yourself or a famous person, covering things like birth, childhood, studies, and work.

Let's start with the most important date: birth. To say someone was born, you use the verb 'nacer'. In the preterite tense, for 'he' or 'she', this is 'nació'. For example, 'Él nació en Madrid' means 'He was born in Madrid'.

To describe where someone used to live or was living, as background information, you use the verb 'vivir' in the imperfect tense: 'vivía'. For example, 'Mi abuela vivía en un pueblo pequeño' means 'My grandmother used to live in a small village'.

When talking about childhood, it's common to use the imperfect tense to describe how things were. The phrase 'cuando era niño' or 'cuando era niña' means 'when I was a child'.