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El Pretérito. 2B. El Pretérito. The preterite is the simple past tense in Spanish. It is used when you are describing events that happened in the past. It ’ s roughly equivalent to the –ed ending in English. To Conjugate in the Preterite 1. Drop the AR, ER or IR 2. Add new ending.
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El Pretérito 2B
El Pretérito • The preterite is the simple past tense in Spanish. • It is used when you are describing events that happened in the past. • It’s roughly equivalent to the –ed ending in English.
To Conjugate in the Preterite1. Drop the AR, ER or IR2. Add new ending AR Endings é amos aste asteis ó aron Cantar—to sing canté cantamos I sang We sang cantaste cantasteis You sang You all sang cantó cantaron He/she sang They sang You (formal) You all (formal) ER and IR Endings í imos iste isteis ió ieron Correr—to run Vivir—to live corrí corrimos viví vivimos I ran We ran I lived We lived corriste corristeis viviste vivisteis You ran You all ran You lived Y’all lived corrió corrieron vivió vivieron He/she ran They ran He/she lived They lived You (formal) You all (formal) You (formal) You all (f.)
Recuerdos • Make sure to include the accent marks. They are completely wrong without them. • Stem changers that end in AR and ER DO NOT stem change in the preterite (YAY!). You don’t have to worry about IR stem changers just yet. • Reflexive verbs still have their reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, os, se).
Traduce. Usa el pretérito. • On Christmas, we woke up early. • My children looked at the tree. • They opened many presents. • I drank coffee. • My husband drank tea. • The kids drank hot chocolate. • I looked at the clock. • Everything happened before 8:00.
A ti te toca • Escribe seis (6) frases con el pretérito sobre tu día de nieve (snow day). • Usa (por lo menos) tres formas distintas. • Usa (por lo menos) un verbo AR, un verbo ER, un verbo IR. • Evita los verbos irregulares (ser, ir, hacer, tener).
Los verbos especiales • In the yo form (only the yo form), the following verbs have a change in the preterite: • CAR (tocar, sacar, enfocar) • The C changes to QU and then you add the é. • Ex: yo toqué BUT tú tocaste • GAR (jugar, pagar, castigar) • The G changes to GU and then you add the é. • Ex: yo jugué BUT tú jugaste • ZAR (almorzar, cruzar) • The Z changes to C and then you add the é. • Ex: yo almorcé BUT tú almorzaste
Ejemplos • Juan y yo cruzar la calle. Yo cruzar primero. Él cruzar segundo. • Mi mamá pagar mucho dinero al restaurante. Yo no pagar nada. • Estefania y su hermano sacar la basura ayer. Hoy, ellos no están aquí y yo la sacar. Ahora, traduce.