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REGULAR PRETERITE. Regular Preterite. The preterite is a past tense. It is used to express a completed past action. It is used to state the beginning or the end of an action. It is used to express a series of completed past actions.
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Regular Preterite • The preterite is a past tense. • It is used to express a completed past action. • It is used to state the beginning or the end of an action. • It is used to express a series of completed past actions. • It is used to express a past action completed at a specific time, or a specific number of times.
Hablé Hablaste habló Hablamos hablaron Forming the PreteriteRegular –ar verbsExample: hablarhablar
Comí Comiste comió Comimos comieron Forming the PreteriteRegular –er verbsExample: comer
Viví Viviste vivió Vivimos vivieron Forming the PreteriteRegular –ir verbsExample: vivir
Regular Preterite • -er and –ir verbs have the exact same preterite endings • The nosotros/as forms of –ar and –ir verbs are the same as the present tense • Written accent marks appear on the yo and él/ella/Ud. forms