Preterite tense of regular verbs
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The Preterite
The Imperfect
In this lesson, you will learn how to form the PRETERITE TENSE.
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There are two past tenses in Spanish?
Cierto
Falso
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Which of the two past tenses will we cover today?
Imperfect
Preterite
Present
Progressive
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The preterite is used to express:
something I am currently doing
some continuing action in the past
to describe what was in progress in the past
to describe a completed action in the past
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-é | -amos |
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-aste | X |
-ó | -aron |
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-í | -imos |
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-iste | X |
-ió | -ieron |
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The Yo and the él/ella/Ud. forms of all three conjugations have written accents on the last syllable to show that it is stressed!
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DO NOT STEM CHANGE IN THE PRETERITE!!
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-AR / -ER / AND -IR VERBS IN THE NOSOTROS FORM ARE THE SAME IN BOTH THE PRESENT AND PRETERITE TENSES
CIERTO
FALSO
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-AR AND -IR VERBS IN THE NOSOTROS FORM are the same in both the present and preterite tenses.
CIERTO
FALSO
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-ar and -er verbs that stem change in the present also stem change in the preterite
Cierto
Falso
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Present tense of
Yo (cerrar)
cerro
cierro
cierré
cerré
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Preterite tense of
Yo (cerrar)
cerro
cierro
cierré
cerré
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Present tense of
Carlitos (volver)
vuelve
volve
volvió
vuelvió
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Preterite tense of
Carlitos (volver)
vuelve
volve
volvió
vuelvió
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In the yo form only!!!
-car --> the C changes to qu yo busqué
-gar --> the G changes to gu yo llegué
-zar --> the Z changes to c yo empecé
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-car ending verbs, the c changes to:
gu
cu
qu
c
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-gar ending verbs, the g changes to:
gu
cu
qu
c
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-zar ending verbs, the z changes to:
gu
cu
qu
c
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creí | creímos |
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creíste | X |
creyó | creyeron |
leí | leímos |
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leíste | X |
leyó | leyeron |
oí | oímos |
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oíste | X |
oyó | oyeron |
Note the accents and the "y" spelling change.
Creer: to think/believe
Leer: to read
Oír: to hear
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vi | vimos |
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viste | X |
vio | vieron |
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is used to say that something just occurred.
NOTE: acabar is in the present tense in this construction!!!!
Acabo de comprar una falda.
I just bought a skirt.
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Meaning of the word in bold and underlined.
Anoche oí música en el estadió.
last night
at night
yesterday
tomorrow
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Meaning of the word in bold and underlined.
Ayer llegué a Santiago de Cuba.
today
the day before yesterday
yesterday
tomorrow
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