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El Pretérito
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Examples in English:I went to the store.
I bought a shirt.I paid in cash.
El Pretérito:
• is the past tense (“-ed”)• it talks about what happened• is a completed action
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To form the preterite:
Take the infinitive of the verb and remover the ar/er/ir.
Then add the appropriate ending *Present tense changes do not happen in the preterite.
Tomartom-Hablar habl-Comer com-
Beberbeb-
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Pretérito -ar verbs endings:
-é -
aste -ó
-amos-asteis-aron
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Pretérito –er / -ir verbs are:
-í -iste -ió
-imos-isteis-ieron
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REMEMBER:
• accents are super important! They are in the “yo” form and the “él / ella / Ud.”
• -ar / -ir “nosotros” form is the same in present and preterit.
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(-ar verbs)
tométomastetomó
tomamostomastei
stomaron
Por ejemplo:
tomar
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(-ar verbs)
habléhablastehabló
hablamoshablastei
shablaron
Por ejemplo:
hablar
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(-ar verbs)
trabajétrabajastetrabajó
trabajamostrabajasteistrabajaron
Por ejemplo:
trabajar
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(-er / -ir verbs)
comícomistecomió
comimoscomistei
scomiero
n
Por ejemplo:
comer
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(-er / -ir verbs)
volvívolvistevolvió
volvimosvolvistei
svolvieron
Por ejemplo:
volver
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(-er / -ir verbs)
abríabristeabrió
abrimosabristeisabrieron
Por ejemplo:
abrir
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(-er / -ir verbs)
escribíescribist
eescribió
escribimosescribistei
sescribieron
Por ejemplo:
escribir
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I studied
Estudié
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They spoke
hablaron
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He swam
Nadó
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We danced
Bailamos
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You fixed
arreglaste
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I ran
Corrí
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They wrote
Escribieron
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They lived
vivieron
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You ate
Comiste
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All Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and-zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form preterite to keep the sound.
Car/Gar/Zar Verbs:
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Car VerbsSpelling change:From cé to qué
Car verbs include…
Sacar Buscar Explicar Practicar Pescar Tocar
Saqué Busqué Expliqué Practiqué Pesqué Toqué
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Gar VerbsSpelling change:From gé to gué
Gar verbs include…
Llegar Pagar Apagar Jugar
llegué Pagué Apagué Jugué
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Zar VerbsSpelling change:From zé to cé
zar verbs include…
Almorzar Empezar Comenzar Cazar
Almorcé Empecé Comencé Cacé
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(-car verbs)
busquébuscastebuscó
buscamosbuscasteisbuscaron
Por ejemplo:
buscar
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(-car verbs)
practiquépracticast
epracticó
practicamospracticasteispracticaron
Por ejemplo:
practicar
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(-gar verbs)
paguépagastepagó
pagamospagasteispagaron
Por ejemplo:
pagar
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(-gar verbs)
juguéjugastejugó
jugamosjugasteisjugaron
Por ejemplo:
jugar
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(-zar verbs)
almorcéalmorzast
ealmorzó
almorzamosalmorzasteisalmorzaron
Por ejemplo:
almorzar
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(-zar verbs)
empecéempezast
eempezó
empezamosempezasteisempezaron
Por ejemplo:
empezar
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I looked for
busqué
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They looked for
buscaron
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I played
jugué
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You played
Jugaste
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I started
empecé
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They started
Empezaron