Merece la pena
How do you put this phrase into different tenses for example - "it was worth it" (past tense) or "it will be worth it" (future tense)

Thanks in advance (also how do you express this in Spanish)?

Gracias :)

Question

Merece la pena
How do you put this phrase into different tenses for example - "it was worth it" (past tense) or "it will be worth it" (future tense)

Thanks in advance (also how do you express this in Spanish)?

Gracias :)

Answer

¡Hola!

You just have to change the tense of the verb "merecer".
Mereció la pena / Ha merecido la pena (it was worth it).
Merecerá la pena (it will be worth it).

¡Gracias de antemano! (Thanks in advance!)

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
See you!

Answer

Well, the previous answers are good, but I will show you another way to say it.
In Colombia We don't say: Merece la pena. We say: Vale la pena. (Verb in spanish: Valer):
So, in past tense we say "Valió la pena" and in future tense we say "Valdrá la pena"
Is not common to conjugate this verb for a person, but I will show you the conjugation:
Conjugación del verbo Valer:
Yo valgo
Tu vales
El/Ella vale
Ellos/Ellas valen
Ustedes valen
Nosotros valemos

Answer

I like this kind of challenges so I will try to write my  sentences:

Past Simple : Mereció la pena.
Past Perfect: Había merecido la pena.
Past Continuos: Estuvo valiendo la pena .

Future Will : Merecere/Valera la pena.

In Argentina We like to use the word "valera" o "valdrá" instead of "merecerá" . But maybe its not the correct use of it. I have a dub about that.

Nice challenges hope this help.

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