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El Pretérito

El Pretérito. El Pretérito :. is a past tense (“-ed”) talks about what happened is a completed action. I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. -é -aste -ó. -amos -aron. Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are:.

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El Pretérito

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  1. El Pretérito

  2. El Pretérito: • is a past tense (“-ed”) • talks about what happened • is a completed action I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash.

  3. -é -aste -ó -amos -aron Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are:

  4. -í -iste -ió -imos -ieron Pretérito endings for –er / -ir verbs are:

  5. hablé hablaste habló hablamos hablaron hablar (-ar verbs) Por ejemplo:

  6. comí comiste comió comimos comieron comer (-er / -irverbs) Por ejemplo:

  7. abrí abriste abrió abrimos abrieron abrir (-er / -irverbs) Por ejemplo:

  8. Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and-zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form of the pretérito. Spell-Changing Verbs: buscar tocar practicar pagar jugar llegar almorzar empezar comenzar

  9. The “yo” form of the pretérito changes to conserve the sound of the infinitive: -car -gar -zar “-qué” “-gué” “-cé” “tocé” “jugé” “rezé”

  10. busqué buscaste buscó buscamos buscaron buscar (-carverbs) Por ejemplo:

  11. pagué pagaste pagó pagamos pagaron pagar (-garverbs) Por ejemplo:

  12. almorcé almorzaste almorzó almorzamos almorzaron almorzar (-zarverbs) Por ejemplo:

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