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El pret é rito The Preterite

Learn about the preterite, a past tense in Spanish with irregular verbs, used for actions at specific past times. Explore key terms and how to conjugate regular -AR verbs in the preterite.

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El pret é rito The Preterite

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  1. El pretéritoThe Preterite El pasado

  2. What is the preterite? • A past tense in Spanish • A tense with many irregular verbs • Used to express an action that began and ended at a specific time in the past

  3. Key terms for the preterite tense • Ayer = • yesterday • Anteayer = • the day before yesterday • Anoche = • last night • La semana pasada = • last week

  4. More key terms • El mes pasado = last month • El año pasado = last year • Ayer por la mañana

  5. Regular –AR Verbs in the Preterite • To conjugate: • Drop the –ar • Add on the appropriate endings

  6. The preterite • Yohablé con misamiogsayer. Nosotroshablamos de la escuela y de los amigos. Rita me explicóqueellafue al cine con Jorge. Ellosfueron a comer en Cheeseckae Factory después. Jorge pagó para todo, los tickets, lasmeriendas, y la cena. Sandra pasó la tarde en la playa. ¿Y tú, esquiaste?

  7. Hablar = spoke; talked

  8. Which ending is the same in the present tense? • Nosotros

  9. How will you tell the difference between the present and the preterite for the nosotros form? • Context

  10. Be careful! • Yo and él, ella, Ud forms have ACCENTS!!!

  11. Interesting note… • The “yo” form in the present tense takes an “o” as its’ ending without an accent mark and the él, ellaUd form ending for the preterite tense is “ó” (o with an accent). • Therefore, be careful, because the accent mark changes the meaning of the sentence.

  12. Examples:

  13. Two verbs with the same conjugations you say??? • Which two? • Ser • Ir

  14. Isn’t there anything different between the two verbs? • No!

  15. When how will I know which is which? • So glad you wanted to know… • Context • Read the sentence for clues • Translate and substitute each verb meaning in and see which one makes sense

  16. So, what are the preterit conjugations of ser AND ir? yo fui nosotros fuimos tú fuiste él, ella, Ud. fue ellos, ellas, Uds. fueron

  17. What about regular –er and –ir verbs? • So glad you asked • They are so cool! • They have the exact same endings!!! Yes! Yes! Yes!

  18. What about the nosotros form? • -ER and -IR preterite endings are the same even for the nosotros form nosotros nosotros nosotros nosotros nosotros nosotros

  19. Do any of the forms have accents?? Yes! Yes! Yes!

  20. What are the endings for regular -er AND–ir verbs in the preterite!! • Examples:

  21. So let’s conjugate vivir and comer in the preterite

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