¿PRETERITO O IMPERFECTO? A SURVIVOR’S GUIDE TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT PAST TENSE VERB IN SPANISH.
El preterito
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El Preterito
Used to express a completed action in the past.
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Las Formas
ar -er, -ir
é amos í imos
aste asteis iste isteis
ó aron ió ieron
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Marriages
ser, ir dar, ver
fui fuimos di (vi) dimos (vimos)
fuiste diste(viste)
fue fueron dio (vio)dieron(vieron)
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Irregular in the yo form only
-car---qué -zar---cé
*qué amos *cé amos
aste aste
ó aron ó aron
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Irregular in the yo form only
-gar---gué
gué amos
aste
ó aron
• tocar• practicar• sacar• bostezar• empezar• comenzar• pagar• jugar
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i---y
-eer
í ímos
íste
yóyeron
-aer
í ímos
íste
yóyeron
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i---y
-uir
í imos
iste
yóyeron
oír
oíoímos
oíste
oyóoyeron
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i---y
• leer
• creer
• caer
• construir
• incluir
• influir
• huir
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stem-changers
• -ar and -er stem changers don’t stem change in the preterite.
• -ir stem changers are “sole” verbs in the preterite. The él and ellos forms change from e---i or o---u.
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stem-changers
mentir (e--i)
mentí mentimos
mentiste
mintió mintieron
dormir (o--u)
dormí dormimos
dormiste
durmió durmieron
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stem-changers
• servir• pedir • vestirse• repetir• seguir• corregir• despedirse• preferir• sentir
• divertirse• morir
sonreír (reír)sonreí sonreímossonreístesonrió sonrieron
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Irregular verbs
U
saber - sup
tener - tuv
estar - estuv
poder - pud
poner - pus
andar - anduv
J
traer - traj
decir - dij
ducir - duj
traducir
producir
conducir
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Irregular verbs
I
hacer - hic
querer - quis
venir - vin
hacer
hice hicimos
hiciste
*hizo hicieron
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Irregular verbs
Endings(-ar, -er, -ir)
e imosisteo ieron
eron (J verbs)
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Irregular verbs
• No accents
• J group - ellos form - the ending is -eron
• él / ella / Ud. form of hacer is hizo