SER VS ESTAR INTRO TO PRETERITE LETS LOOK

LET’S LOOK BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL… Ser is for things that are PERMANENT and

LET’S LOOK AT THE CONJUGATIONS Ser Estar (Yo) soy I am (Tú) You guys

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU KNOW THE PRESENT TENSE! AND THE USES OF SER AND ESTAR! I

THE PRETERITE TENSE What you know: Present tense. (Yo soy intelegente. Está caliente. )

PRESENT TENSE Ir to go voy vamos vais va van

PRETERITE TENSE Ir to go fuimos fuisteis fueron This is in the preterite tense.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! “Yesterday” also indicates that something happened in the past. The

LET’S TRY IT OUT! You went to the store yesterday. Ayer, tú fuiste a

LET’S TRY IT OUT! He went to the store yesterday. Ayer, él fue a

LET’S TRY IT OUT! She went to the store yesterday. Ayer, ella fue a

LET’S TRY IT OUT! You (formal) went to the store yesterday. Ayer, usted fue

LET’S TRY IT OUT! We went to the store yesterday. Ayer, nosotros fuimos a

LET’S TRY IT OUT! You guys went to the store yesterday. Ayer, vosotros fuisteis

LET’S TRY IT OUT! They (boys) went to the store yesterday. Ayer, ellos fueron

LET’S TRY IT OUT! They (girls) went to the store yesterday. Ayer, ellas fueron

LET’S TRY IT OUT! They (you plural formal) went to the store yesterday. Ayer,

Make some sentences with ir in the preterite! Here are some places Here are

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SER VS. ESTAR: INTRO TO PRETERITE

LET’S LOOK BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL… Ser is for things that are PERMANENT and will not change (except for time) Estar is used for things that are TEMPORARY Describing what someone is like Talking about how someone feels Telling someone’s name Location of a person or object Stating someone’s ethnicity Talking about the weather Describing an object Ongoing actions (progressive tense) Used with adjectives Describing temperature Time “How you feel and where you are, always use the verb estar” Occupation

LET’S LOOK AT THE CONJUGATIONS Ser Estar (Yo) soy I am (Tú) You guys are They are (m), They are (f) You are (plural formal) eres You are es (Él, Ella, Ud. ) He is, She is, You (formal) are somos (nosotros) We are (Vosotros) sois You guys are (used in Spain) (ellos, ellas, uds. ) son They are (m), They are (f) You are (plural formal) Remember: Don’t look at these like vocabulary words. Think of the process. For example. Instead of looking at “soy” to be defined as “I am”; look at it like “Soy is the verb ser in the yo form”.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU KNOW THE PRESENT TENSE! AND THE USES OF SER AND ESTAR! I am tall. soy Yo ______alto. The coffee is very hot. está caliente. El café _____ We are twins. Nosotros somos _____ gemelos. They are really sad today. Ellas están _____ muy triste hoy. You are very mean. eres muy cruel. Tú ______ I am the president. soy el presidente. Yo _____

THE PRETERITE TENSE What you know: Present tense. (Yo soy intelegente. Está caliente. ) Things that are current. What you don’t know: Preterite tense. (Yo fui a la tienda, yo estuve aquí) Things that happened in the past.

PRESENT TENSE Ir to go voy vamos vais va van

PRETERITE TENSE Ir to go fuimos fuisteis fueron This is in the preterite tense. When you are talking about where someone went (I went, you went) you conjugate ir in the preterite tense.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! “Yesterday” also indicates that something happened in the past. The word “went” triggers the use of the preterite. We know it happened in the past. I went to the store yesterday. Ayer, yo fui a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! You went to the store yesterday. Ayer, tú fuiste a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! He went to the store yesterday. Ayer, él fue a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! She went to the store yesterday. Ayer, ella fue a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! You (formal) went to the store yesterday. Ayer, usted fue a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! We went to the store yesterday. Ayer, nosotros fuimos a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! You guys went to the store yesterday. Ayer, vosotros fuisteis a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! They (boys) went to the store yesterday. Ayer, ellos fueron a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! They (girls) went to the store yesterday. Ayer, ellas fueron a la tienda.

LET’S TRY IT OUT! They (you plural formal) went to the store yesterday. Ayer, ustedes fueron a la tienda.

Make some sentences with ir in the preterite! Here are some places Here are some time expressions …al centro comercial Ayer… …al parque Hace (#) días… …a la casa de… La semana pasada… …a la escuela El mes pasado… …al supermercado El año pasado… …a un restaurante …al cine …a mi lugar favorito Anoche… El otro día… Esta mañana…