1 El Pretérito de los verbos 2 I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. El...
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El Pretéritode los verbos
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I went to the store.I bought a shirt.I paid in cash.
El Pretérito:
• is a past tense (“-ed”)• talks about what happened• is a completed action
El Pretérito:
• is used for actions that were repeated a specific number of times, or occurred during a specific period of time.
Ayer escribí tres cartas.Yesterday I wrote three letters.Vivimos allí por cuatro años.We lived there for four years.
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El Pretérito
• The preterite is used for actions that were part of a chain of events.Ella se levantó, se vistió, y salió de la casa.She got up, dressed, and left the house.
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The stem for regular verbs in the pretérito is the infinitive stem.
Tomar tom-Hablar habl-Comer com-
Beberbeb-Abrir abr-
Salir sal-
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Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are:
-é -aste -ó
-amos-asteis-aron
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Pretérito endings for –er / -ir verbs are:
-í -iste -ió
-imos-isteis-ieron
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REMEMBER:
• accents on the “yo” form and the “él / ella / Ud.” form•-ar / -ir “nosotros” form is
the same in present and pretérito
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(-ar verbs)
tométomastetomó
tomamostomaron
Por ejemplo:
tomar
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(-ar verbs)
trabajétrabajastetrabajó
trabajamostrabajaron
Por ejemplo:
trabajar
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(-er / -ir verbs)
comícomistecomió
comimoscomisteiscomieron
Por ejemplo:
comer
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(-er / -ir verbs)
abríabristeabrió
abrimosabrieron
Por ejemplo:
abrir
