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The Preterit Tense

The Preterit Tense. The past!. First: A review of present tense. AR Verb endings: o , as, a, amos , áis , an ER Verb endings: o , es , e , emos , éis , en IR Verb endings: o , es , e , imos , ís , en And of course, irregular verbs!!. The preterit tense.

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The Preterit Tense

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  1. The Preterit Tense The past!

  2. First: A review of present tense • AR Verb endings: o, as, a, amos, áis, an • ER Verb endings: o, es, e, emos, éis, en • IR Verb endings: o, es, e, imos, ís, en • And of course, irregular verbs!!

  3. The preterit tense • We use the preterit tense to talk about COMPLETED ACTIONS IN THE PAST • There are NO –ar or –er stem changers • There ARE plenty of irregulars (you’ll learn most of those later) • Verbs that end in –car, -gar, and –zar have a spelling change in the yo form. • -er and –ir verbs have the same endings!

  4. AR Endings KEEP THE STEM AND ADD:éamos asteasteis óaron habléhablamos hablastehablasteis hablóhablaron

  5. ER and IR Endings KEEP THE STEM AND ADD:íimos isteisteis ióieron comícomimos comistecomisteis comiócomieron

  6. -CAR Verbs To keep the hard “c” sound (k) in verbs ending in –car, you have to make a spelling change in the yo form (ONLY in the yo form). BusCAR – to look for BusQUéBuscamos BuscasteBuscasteis BuscóBuscaron

  7. -GAR Verbs To keep the hard “g” sound in verbs ending in –gar, you have to make a spelling change in the yo form (ONLY in the yo form). PaGAR – to pay for PaguéPagamos PagastePagasteis PagóPagaron

  8. -ZAR Verbs Verbs ending in –zar have a spelling change in the yo form (ONLY in the yo form). Almorzar – to eat lunch AlmorcéAlmorzamos AlmorzasteAlmorzasteis AlmorzóAlmorzaron

  9. IRREGULAR VERBS • There is a finite list of irregular verbs. You will begin learn these in the next chapter. For now, just know that verbs like tener, poner, hacer, decir (yo-go verbs) are irregular. • Of course, IR and SER are irregular.

  10. Let’s Practice!!

  11. Cocinar (to cook) The dog cooked breakfast El perrococinó el desayuno

  12. Bañar(se) – To bathe (yourself) I bathed the dog last night (anoche) (Yo) bañé el perroanoche.

  13. Trabajar – to work Juan and José worked yesterday (ayer). Juan y José trabajaronayer.

  14. Bailar – to dance Rosa and Amelia danced last week (en la semanapasada) Rosa y Amelia bailaron en la semanapasada

  15. Cepillar(se) los dientes Pedro brushed his teeth last night. Pedro se cepilló los dientesanoche.

  16. Beber – to drink The cat drank water El gatobebió el agua.

  17. Tocar – to play an instrument Ana played the flute Ana tocó la flauta

  18. Estudiar – to study Juanita studied in the library Juanita estudió en la biblioteca

  19. Jugarvideojuegos (play videogames) I played videogames last night (Yo) juGUÉvideojuegosanoche.

  20. Jugarvideojuegos (play videogames) Anita ate a sandwich. Anita comió un sandwich.

  21. Escribir – to write My friend wrote a letter to me Mi amigo me escribióunacarta.

  22. Comprar – to buy I bought groceries (los comestibles) (Yo) compré los comestibles

  23. Llevar – to take, carry, or wear Luisa wore a red dress Luisa llevó un vestidorojo

  24. Pasartiempo con amigos The kids spent time with friends Los chicospasarontiempo con amigos

  25. Tocar la guitarra Jimmy played the guitar Jaime tocó la guitarra

  26. Montar en bici Pablo rode the bike Pablo montó en bici.

  27. Llorar – to cry Carlos cried Carlos lloró

  28. Llorar – to cry Carlos cried Carlos lloró

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