the preterite
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The Preterite. A completed action in the Past tense. The preterite shows a past, completed action. I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. In the present tense conjugations, the stress is on the stem. In the preterite, the stress is on the ending. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Preterite
A completed action in the Past tense.
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The preterite shows a past, completed action.
I went to the store.
I bought a shirt.
I paid in cash.
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In the present tense conjugations, the stress is on the stem.
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In the preterite, the stress is on the ending.
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The stem for regular verbs in the preterite is the infinitive stem.
tomar tom-
comer com-
abrir abr-
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Preterite endings for -ar verbs are:
-é
-aste
-ó
-amos
-aron
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-ar verbs; example: tomar.
tomé
tomaste
tomó
tomamos
tomaron
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Conjugate hablar.
hablé
hablaste
habló
hablamos
hablaron
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Conjugate trabajar.
trabajé
trabajaste
trabajó
trabajamos
trabajaron
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Verbs ending in -gar, -car, and -zar have a spelling change.
pagar jugar llegar
buscar tocar practicar
almorzar empezar comenzar
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-gar verbs; example: pagar
pagué
pagaste
pagó
pagamos
pagaron
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Conjugate jugar.
jugué
jugaste
jugó
jugamos
jugaron
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Conjugate llegar.
llegué
llegaste
llegó
llegamos
llegaron
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-car verbs; example: buscar
busqué
buscaste
buscó
buscamos
buscaron
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Conjugate tocar.
toqué
tocaste
tocó
tocamos
tocaron
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Conjugate practicar.
practiqué
practicaste
practicó
practicamos
practicaron
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-zar verbs; example: almorzar
almorcé
almorzaste
almorzó
almorzamos
almorzaron
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Conjugate empezar.
empecé
empezaste
empezó
empezamos
empezaron
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Conjugate comenzar
comencé
comenzaste
comenzó
comenzamos
comenzaron
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Preterit endings for -er and -ir verbs are:
-í
-iste
-ió
-imos
-ieron
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-er/ir verbs; example: comer
comí
comiste
comió
comimos
comieron
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Conjugate abrir.
abrí
abriste
abrió
abrimos
abrieron
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Conjugate escribir.
escribí
escribiste
escribió
escribimos
escribieron
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-ar and -er stem-changers are regular in the preterit.
volví
volviste
volvió
volvimos
volvieron
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-ir stem-changers change in the third-person forms.
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e changes to i as seen in pedir.
pedí
pediste
pidió
pedimos
pidieron
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Conjugate servir.
serví
serviste
sirvió
servimos
sirvieron
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Conjugate repetir.
repetí
repetiste
repitió
repetimos
repitieron
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Conjugate seguir.
seguí
seguiste
siguió
seguimos
siguieron
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reír is a little different
reí
reíste
rio
reímos
rieron
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o changes to u as in dormir.
dormí
dormiste
durmió
dormimos
durmieron
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Conjugate morir.
morí
moriste
murió
morimos
murieron
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A few verbs change the spelling to reflect the sound.
i changes to y between strong vowels.
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Also note the accents used to prevent diphthongs.
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leer
leí
leíste
leyó
leímos
leyeron
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Conjugate oír.
oí
oíste
oyó
oímos
oyeron
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Conjugate creer.
creí
creíste
creyó
creímos
creyeron
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You will love the irregulars.
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