Preterite Tense Review Seora HoffmanFields Spanish III The

Preterite Tense Review Señora Hoffman-Fields Spanish III

The Preterite Tense • The preterite tense is used to talk about actions that are completed in the past.

Preterite Regular Verb Endings - ar verbs nosotros -amos -é tú vosotros -asteis yo él ella -ó Ud. - yo tú él ellos ellas -aron ella Ud. Uds. -er /-ir verbs -í -iste nosotros -imos vosotros -isteis ellos -ió ellas -ieron Uds.

¡Practicar! 1. I climbed escalé 2. you informal singular climbed 3. you formal singular climbed 4. we ran escalaste Ud. escaló corrimos 5. you informal plural ran corristeis 6. you formal plural ran Uds. corrieron

Irregular Preterites There are many irregular preterite verbs. . . (sorry) . . but they still follow a pattern.

Pattern #1: regular endings, but no accents The verbs dar (to give) and ver (to see) have regular endings, just no accents. i v = w a Is I gave = he saw = él vio di o i d a l l e = e v she ga

Pattern #2: -car, -gar, -zar verb spelling change Verbs that end with the letters –car, -gar, or –zar have a spelling change in the yo form to preserve the correct pronunciation. examples: practicar, jugar, organizar I practiced = practiqué I played = jugué I organized = organicé

Pattern #3: -ir verbs with stem change in the present tense -ir verbs that have an o to u or e to i stem change in the present tense have a spelling change in the 3 rd person forms in the preterite. examples: dormir, conseguir, preferir he slept = él durmió she followed = ella consigué they preferred = ellos prefirieron

Pattern #4: the verbs ir and ser The verbs ir (to go) and ser (to be) have the same irregular conjugations in the preterite. fuimos fuisteis fueron

Pattern #5: Verbs with irregular stems in the preterite Some verbs change their stem in the preterite. This group of verbs has their own set of endings. hacer = hic-, hiz- haber = hub- andar = anduv- decir = dij- querer = quisvenir = vin- estar = estuv- traer = traj- tener = tuv- conducir = conduj- poder = pudponer = pussaber = sup- *these verbs use –eron instead of –ieron

Pattern #5: Verbs with irregular stems in the preterite (continued) These verbs all use the same set of endings: -e -imos -isteis -o -ieron

Pattern #6: verbs that end with double vowels Verbs like leer and caer have spelling changes in 3 rd person forms, and have an accent to separate the vowels. leímos caímos leísteis caísteis leyó leyeron cayó cayeron

The “to know” verbs have different meanings when used in the preterite. verb present preterite conocer to know someone to meet saber to know facts to find out