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-AR Preterite Verbs -car and –gar Endings. Realidades. Preterite Verbs. Preterite means “past tense” Preterite verbs deal with “ completed past action” The ending tells who did the action. -AR Preterite Endings.
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-AR Preterite Verbs-car and –gar Endings Realidades
Preterite Verbs • Preterite means “past tense” • Preterite verbs deal with “completed past action” • The ending tells who did the action.
-AR Preterite Endings • Just as -o, -as, -a, -amos, -an tell you that the action takes place in the present, • -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -aron, tell you that the action took place in the past.
é aste ó amos aron -AR Preterite Endings
Preterite • -ar verbs that have a stem change in the present tense do not have a stem change in the preterite. • Juego - jugé
Preterite • In the preterite, verbs whose infinitive ends in -gar or -car have a spelling change in the yo form. All of their other preterite forms are regular.
Preterite • pagar yo pagué • llegar yo llegué • jugar yo jugué
Preterite • Cuándo llegaste al teatro? • Llegué a las ocho.
Preterite • sacar yo saqué • buscar yo busqué • tocar yo toqué