The preterite Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past is used for actions...

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Generally speaking, the Generally speaking, the preteritepreterite

is used for actions in the pastis used for actions in the past that are seen as completed. that are seen as completed.

TheThe past action had a definitepast action had a definite

beginning and definite end.beginning and definite end.

Ayer…

*Ayer, Rosa habló de la una hasta las dos.

*Yesterday, Rosa spoke from one until two o’clock.

(clearly stated beginning and end)

The preterite is used for actions that :

*Can be viewed as single events.

Ana caminó por la calle.Ana walked through the street.

*Were repeated a specific number of times, or occurred during a specific period of time.

Ayer escribi tres notas.Yesterday I wrote three notes. Nosotros vivimos allí por dos años. We lived there for two years.

Continuación…

*were part of a chain of events

Marta se levantó, se vistió, y salió.Marta got up, dressed, and left.

*To state the beginning or end of an action.

Empezó a nevar a las seis de la mañana.It began to snow at six in the morning.

Time markers

• Anoche .Last night• Ayer . Yesterday• Anteayer . The day before• La semana pasada . Last week• El año pasado .Last year• El lunes pasado .Last monday

Verbos regulares-AR -ER -IR

-é -í -í

-aste -iste -iste

-ó -ió -ió

-amos -imos -imos

-aron -ieron -ieron

To conjugate regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the preterito.

Drop the ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and add the following: (singular form.

* -ar -er - ir ( hablar ) ( comer ) ( vivir)

yo hablé comí vivíTú hablaste comiste vivisteél habló comió vivió

Continued…nosotros y ellos/ustedes

*-ar -er -ir ( hablar ) (comer) (vivir)

hablamos comimos vivimos hablasteis comisteis vivisteis hablaron comieron vivieron

Spelling changes in the preterite

Verbs that end in : * –gar change g to gu * -car change c to qu * -zar change z to cThe changes occur in the “Y0” form

Ejemplos

• Yo pagué la cuenta. (pagar/pagué)

• Yo busqué el libro. (buscar/busqué)

• Yo almorcé sólo. (almorzar/almorcé)

Leer y Creer

• Also, an unstressed – i- between vowels becomes -y-.

*leer *creerleí leímos creí creímosleíste leísteis creíste creísteisleyó leyeron creyó creyeron

Pagar buscar almorzar

• Pagué busqué almorcé• Pagaste buscaste almorzaste• Pagó buscó almorzó• Pagamos buscamos almorzamos• Pagasteis buscasteis almorzasteis• Pagaron buscaron almorzaron

IRREGULAR VERBS

Dar Hacer Ir/Ser

di hice fui

diste hiciste Fuiste

dio hizo fue

dimos hicimos fuimos

dieron hicieron fueron

The preterite Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past is used for actions...

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