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El Pretéritode los verbos
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I went to the store.I bought a shirt.I paid in cash.
El Pretérito:
• is a past tense (“-ed”)• talks about what happened• is a completed action
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The stem for regular verbs in the pretérito is the infinitive stem.
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Tomar tom-Hablar habl-Comer com-Beber beb-Abrir abr-
Salir sal-
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Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are:
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-é -aste -ó
-amos-asteis-aron
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Pretérito endings for –er / -ir verbs are:
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-í -iste -ió
-imos-isteis-ieron
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REMEMBER:
• accents on the “yo” form and the “él / ella / Ud.” form•-ar / -ir “nosotros” form is
the same in present and pretérito
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(-ar verbs)
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tométomastetomó
tomamostomasteistomaron
Por ejemplo:
tomar
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(-ar verbs)
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habléhablastehabló
hablamoshablasteishablaron
Por ejemplo:
hablar
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(-ar verbs)
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trabajétrabajastetrabajó
trabajamostrabajasteistrabajaron
Por ejemplo:
trabajar
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(-er / -ir verbs)
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comícomistecomió
comimoscomisteiscomieron
Por ejemplo:
comer
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(-er / -ir verbs)
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volvívolvistevolvió
volvimosvolvisteisvolvieron
Por ejemplo:
volver
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(-er / -ir verbs)
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abríabristeabrió
abrimosabristeisabrieron
Por ejemplo:
abrir
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(-er / -ir verbs)
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escribíescribisteescribió
escribimosescribisteisescribieron
Por ejemplo:
escribir
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Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and-zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form of the pretérito.
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buscar tocar practicarpagar jugar llegaralmorzar empezar comenzar
Unos Irregulares:
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The “yo” form of the pretérito changes to conserve the sound of the infinitive:
-car-gar-zar
“-qu锓-gu锓-cé”
“toc锓jug锓rezé”
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(-car verbs)
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busquébuscastebuscó
buscamosbuscasteisbuscaron
Por ejemplo:
buscar
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(-car verbs)
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practiquépracticastepracticó
practicamospracticasteispracticaron
Por ejemplo:
practicar
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(-gar verbs)
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paguépagastepagó
pagamospagasteispagaron
Por ejemplo:
pagar
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(-gar verbs)
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juguéjugastejugó
jugamosjugasteisjugaron
Por ejemplo:
jugar
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(-zar verbs)
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almorcéalmorzastealmorzó
almorzamosalmorzasteisalmorzaron
Por ejemplo:
almorzar
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(-zar verbs)
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empecéempezasteempezó
empezamosempezasteisempezaron
Por ejemplo:
empezar