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The preterit

The preterit . Dun…dun…dun…. Lesson 1: Regulars & gar, car, zar. All these lessons come from: http:// www.studyspanish.com The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed.

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The preterit

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  1. The preterit Dun…dun…dun…

  2. Lesson 1: Regulars & gar, car, zar • All these lessons come from: http://www.studyspanish.com • The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed. • The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events. The preterite is used for actions that were repeated a specific number of times, or occurred during a specific period of time. • The preterite is used for actions that were part of a chain of events. The preterite is used to state the beginning or the end of an action.

  3. Regular Verbs in the Past • To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the following: • éasteóamosasteisaron

  4. Regular Verbs in the Past • To conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-er or -ir) and add one of the following: • íisteióimosisteisieron

  5. Examples Note: the nosotros forms for -ar and -ir verbs are the same in both preterit and present tenses: hablamos, vivimos.

  6. Common Regular Verbs • Cantar • Continuar • Encontrar • Esquiar • Hablar • Pensar • Trabajar • Preguntar • Aprender • Beber • Comer • Deber • Esconder • Proceder • Prometer • Tejer • Vender • Abrir • Admitir • Cumplir • Decidir • Existir • Ocurrir • omitir

  7. Helpful video Lesson • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf7yEus4FwA • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i2GrTjDKFc&feature=relmfu • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8kMZSFBrWI

  8. Lesson 2: Spelling Changes • In order to preserve the sound of the infinitive, a number of verbs change orthographically (spelling) in the preterite tense. The following changes occur in the "yo" form only: • Verbs that end in -gar change g to guVerbs that end in -car change c to quVerbs that end in -zar change z to c • Video Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcKPo9b0IDs

  9. Examples & Common Verbs • yo jugué (jugar)yo busqué (buscar)yo almorcé (almorzar)

  10. Lesson 3 • In this lesson you will learn to conjugate four important verbs in the preterite tense: ser, ir • Note that ir and ser have the same conjugation! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiZV9ciAFtQ&feature=related

  11. Memorize these weird ones!

  12. Lesson 4: The madness continues • -ar and -er verbs that change their stem in the present tense do not change in the preterite. They are conjugated just like other regular preterite verbs. Here is an example:

  13. Madness of Lesson 4… • -ir verbs that change their stem in the present tense do change in the preterite, but in a different way. They change e:i and o:u in the third person, singular and plural. Here is an example:

  14. Videos of E-IE & O-UE Stem Changers • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G86u9YrJc9s • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ciGrkN2kEI

  15. Another Spelling Change • For verbs that end in -aer, -eer, -oír, and -oer, the él/ella/usted forms use the ending "yó" (rather than ió) and the third person plural uses the ending "yeron" (rather than ieron). The remaining forms gain a written accent over the letter "i." • Creer creícreístecreyócreímoscreísteiscreyeron • Other verbs like creer include: • caerleeroírposeerproveer • Exceptions to this rule include: • traeratraerdistraer

  16. Lesson 6: Finally a Pattern… • For the following verbs, use the following stems and endings. • -e-iste-o-imos-isteis-ieron

  17. Examples! Here are two examples of how this pattern is applied: Note: The one exception is the third person singular of hacer. As you learned in a previous lesson, the c changes to z to form "hizo."

  18. Song For Stem Changers • Memorize this for a GRADE! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFUAWMMdE7c

  19. That’s all folks!

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