El Pretérito In Spanish
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El Pretéritode los verbos
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I talked to my friend. (regular)I bought a shirt. (irregular)I paid in cash. (irregular)
El Pretérito:
• is a past tense (“-ed”) or irregulars in English• talks about what happened• is a completed action
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The stem for regular verbs in the pretérito is the infinitive stem.
To take, to drink Tomar tom-To talk Hablar habl-To eat Comer com-To drink Beber beb-To open Abrir abr-To leave 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)
Hablé hablastehabló
hablamoshablasteishablaron
Por ejemplo:
Hablar = to talk
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(-ar verbs)
Tomé tomastetomó
tomamostomasteistomaron
Por ejemplo:
tomar = to drink, to take
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(-er / -ir verbs)
comícomistecomió
comimoscomisteiscomieron
Por ejemplo:
comer = to eat
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(-er / -ir verbs)
abríabristeabrió
abrimosabristeisabrieron
Por ejemplo:
abrir = to open