a past tense that expresses actions that began and ended at a definite, specific time in the past
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A past tense that expresses actionsthat began and ended at a definite,specific time in the past.
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Time expressions that indicate use of the preterit
Ayer
Anteayer
Anoche
Ayer por la tarde
Ayer por la mañana
Yesterday
Day before yesterday
Last night
Yesterday afternoon
Yesterday morning
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Time expressions that indicate use of the preterit
La semana pasada
El mes pasado
El año pasado
El fin de semana pasado
Last week
Last month
Last year
Last weekend
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Time expressions that indicate use of the preterit
El otro día
Esta mañana
►Esta tarde
Esta noche
El lunes (or any other day of the
week)
The other day
This morning
►This afternoon
Tonight
On Monday
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Time expressions that indicate use of the preterit
El lunes pasado (or any other day of the
week)
El fin de semana
Un día
Una vez
Last Monday
On the weekend
One day
One time
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Time expressions that indicate use of the preterit
De repente
Hace dos días
(or any other time frame)
Suddenly
Two days ago
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Let’s look at some preterit sentences with -ar verbs
Anoche yo estudié mucho para el examen.
¿Te bañaste ayer después de la práctica?
Manuel se lavó el pelo con el champú esta mañana.
Mi amiga y yo llevamos muchas joyas al baile el viernes.
Vosotros os mirasteis en el espejo ayer por la tarde.
El fin de semana pasado las chicas usaron mucho maquillaje.
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Endings for –ar verbs
Yo é Nosotros amos
Tú aste Vosotros asteis
Ud. Uds.
Él ó Ellos aron
Ella Ellas
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Endings for –ar verbs Hablar
Yo hablé Nosotros hablamos
Tú hablaste Vosotros hablasteis
Ud. Uds.Él habló Ellos hablaronElla Ellas
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Little Miss Muffé
Sat on her aste
Eating her curds and ó
Along came amos
Accompanied by asteis
And so she was not all aron
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Stem-changing verbs do not have a stem change in the
preterit
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There are some spelling changes in the “yo” form of some –ar verbs. Let’s see if you can figure out
what kinds of verbs they are.
Ayer yo practiqué el español mucho.
Anteayer yo toqué mi trompeta con la banda.
Yo me sequé después de bañarme.
Yo busqué mi perro anoche.
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There are some spelling changes in the “yo” form of some –ar verbs. Let’s see if you can figure out
what kinds of verbs they are.
Yo jugué videojuegos con mi amigo.
El sábado yo pagué mucho por mi vestido nuevo.
Yo llegué a la escuela a las seis la semana pasada.
Yo navegué en la Red en mi clase de español.
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There are some spelling changes in the “yo” form of some –ar verbs. Let’s see if you can figure out
what kinds of verbs they are.
• Yo empecé a estudiar a las nueve anoche.
• Yo comencé mi tarea a las diez el lunes.
• De repente, yo abracé a mi mamá.
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Verbs that end in –car, -gar and –zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form. All the other forms follow the regular –ar pattern.
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car→qué
tocar→yo toqué, tocaste, tocó, tocamos, tocaron
buscar→yo busqué, buscaste, buscó, buscamos, buscaron
practicar→yo practiqué, practicaste, practicó, practicamos, practicaron
secarse→ yo me sequé, te secaste, se secó, nos secamos, se secaron
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-gar→gué
jugar→ yo jugué, jugaste, jugó, jugamos, jugaron
pagar→yo pagué, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagaron
llegar→yo llegué, llegaste, llegó, llegamos, llegaron
navegar→yo navegué, navegaste, navegó, navegamos, navegaron
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zar→cé
empezar→yo empecé, empezaste, empezó empezamos, empezaron
comenzar→yo comencé, comenzaste, comenzó, comenzamos, comenzaron
abrazar→yo abracé, abrazaste, abrazó, abrazamos, abrazaron
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Let’s look at some preterit sentences with –er and –ir verbs
Anteayer yo comí en Chipotle.
El año pasado yo viví en Florida.
¿Aprendiste tú mucho español este año?
Tú escribiste muchos informes la semana pasada.
Mi madre vendió toda mi ropa vieja ayer.
Mi hermano asistió a la universidad el año pasado.
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Let’s look at some preterit sentences with –er and –ir verbs
Mi familia y yo no bebimos mucho agua en Mexico el verano pasado.Mi hermana y yo compartimos nuestra ropa el año pasado.
Vosotros comprendisteis la lección ayer.Vosotros discutisteis el libro el lunes.
Las amigas volvieron a la tienda para comprar más ropa el fin de semana.Los gemelos abrieron sus regalos de cumpleaños el 6 de octubre.
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Sí, Sí, Sí, Sí, Sí, Sí, Sí
The preterit endings are the same for –er and –ir verbs!!!!!!!
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Endings for –er and -ir verbs
Yo í Nosotros imos
Tú iste Vosotros isteis
Ud. Uds.Él ió Ellos ieronElla Ellas
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Endings for –er and -ir verbs comer and vivir
Yo comí Nosotros comimos viví vivimos
Tú comiste Vosotros comisteis viviste vivisteis
Ud. Uds.Él comió Ellos comieronElla vivió Ellas vivieron
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This little piggy went to í
This little piggy stayed iste
This little pig had ió
And this little pig had imos
And one pig cried isteis
And another cried ieronieron, ieron all the way home
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Now you know how to speak in the past and how to talk about what you did!!!!!!!
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Los Dos Banditos GemelosIr and Ser
Yo fui Nosotros fuimos
Tú fuiste Vosotros fuisteis
Ud. Uds.
Él fue Ellos fueron
Ella Ellas
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Ver and Dar
Ver—To see Dar—To Give
Vi Vimos Di Dimos
Viste Visteis Diste Disteis
Vio Vieron Dio Dieron