The Preterite Tense for regular verbs The Preterite
The Preterite Tense for regular verbs
The Preterite Tense 1. The preterite tense is used to discuss completed actions in the past. ie. . . Yesterday he ATE the sandwich. 2. The preterite tense is a simple tense meaning it is made up of just one word. ie. . . Ayer él COMIÓ el sandwich. 3. The preterite tense is only one of two past tenses in Spanish. *(You will learn the imperfect tense in level 2)
To Conjugate Reg. AR Verbs 1. Find the stem by dropping the last two letters off of the infinitive form of the verb. ie…. habl ar 2. Then add the appropriate verb endings. é aste ó AR- Endings amos asteis aron
To Conjugate Reg. AR Verbs HABLAR – AR = HABL hablé hablamos hablasteis habló hablaron
Práctica Yo/hablar Yo hablé n Tú/ caminar Tú caminaste n Sara/ descansar Sara descansó n Nosotros/mandar Nosotros mandamos n Vosotros/ confirmar Vostros confirmasteis n Paco y Juan/ usar Paco y Juan usaron n
To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs 1. Find the stem by dropping the last two letters off of the infinitive form of the verb. ie…. com er 2. Then add the appropriate verb endings. ER / IR í iste ió imos ieron
To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs CONOCER – ER = CONOC conocí conocimos conociste concocisteis concoc conoció conocieron
Sentence Examples • Hablé con mi hermana ayer. • I talked with my sister yesterday. • Juan bailó el lunes. • Juan danced on Monday. • Tomaste los refrescos a la fiesta. • You drank soft drinks at the party.
Preterite Usages What is do you use to use the preterite to describe? • Specific completed events in the past.
Extra Practice caminé caminar (yo) ________ corrieron correr (ellos) ________ bucear (nosotros) ______ busceamos bebiste beber (tú) _________ bailó bailar (él) _________ lavar (ella) ________ lavó escribieron escribir (Uds. ) ________ pasar (nosotras) _______ pasamos jugué jugar (yo) ________
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