El pretrito de los verbos regulares We use

El pretérito de los verbos regulares We use the preterite tense to talk about things that happened in the past Ex. I bought a shirt I ate a taco I lived in Glen Carbon

Preterite verb endings: WOW! -er and –ir ending -ar ending verbs -er ending verbs have the same -é -amosin -í -imos verb endings the past tense! -asteis -isteis How cool is that! -ó -aron -ió -í -imos -isteis -ió -ieron -ir ending verbs -ieron

Follow the example: nadé nadar nadamos nadasteis nadó nadaron

Follow the examples: comí comer comimos comisteis comió comieron

Follow the examples: repartí repartir repartimos repartisteis repartió repartieron

Yo_____en Glen Carbon Juan y yo______en Worden Tú_______en Edwardsville La señora Kennedy_____en O’Fallon La Para señora Svezia______en Granite practicar usen el verbo City ¿Juan, ______en Moro? “vivir” Uds. _______en Holiday Shores ¿Señora Beck, ______en Collinsville? Nosotras_______en Hamel María y Elena_______en San Luís

Irregular verbs: ser-to & ir-to ¡OJO!be They are go fui the samefuimos verb in the past tense fuisteis fueron

¡Ojo! STEM CHANGERS IN THE PRESENT TENSE-DO NOT STEM CHANGE IN THE PRETERITE! Ex. Siempre me despierto a las siete. Pero ayer me desperté a las ocho.

Yo_____a la piscina. (ser/ir) Juan y yo______al presidente. (ser/ir) Tú_____el presidente. (ser/ir) La señora Kennedy____la profesora. (ser/ir Para La señora Cook______al parque. (ser/ir) practicar usen el verbo ¿Juan, ______el director? (ser/ir) “ser”voluntarios. (ser/ir) Uds. _______los or los mercados? (ser/ir) ¿Señora Beck, ____a “ir” las tiendas. (ser/ir) Nosotras______a María y Elena_____las tutoras. (ser/ir)

All other forms verbs The –car-gar-zar are conjugated like regular verbs Verbs that end in -car -gar or -zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form only! -qué -gué and –cé

Examples: in the “yo” jugar jugué empezar empecé buscar busqué pagar comenzar pagué comencé tocar toqué

adjetivos demostrativos demonstrative adjectives point out. Golden which noun Rule: you are talking (Ex. I have want that This about and these T’s car) this these that those That and those don’t sing. plural sing. este estos masc. ese esos estas fem. esas

To point out items that are further away sing. plural aquellos aquellas masc. fem.

Demonstrative adjectives: 1. Must always agree in gender and number! 2. Must always come before the noun! ¡Ojo!

The only difference between a demonstrative adjective and a demonstrative pronoun is an accent mark Demonstrative pronouns=this, that, adjectives can also these and those-used as nouns be sing. used plural as pronouns sing. plural masc. ése ésteto éstos replace nounsésos éstas fem. ésas

To use demonstrative pronouns to discuss nouns that are further away sing. plural aquéllos aquéllas masc. fem.

What it all means: demonstrative adj. = This lesson is crazy Esta lección es loca demonstrative pronoun= (referring to the lesson) This is crazy Ésta es loca

los comparativos: In other words: tanto/a/s…. como To say you have We use the formula “as many cars as” below to make equal comparisons of nouns: (masc) tanto(s) + noun + como (fem) tanta(s) + noun + como

Tengo tantos coches como ella