EL PRETERITO Preterite

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EL PRETERITO(Preterite)

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EL PRETERITO(Preterite)

• Spanish has two past tenses preterite and
  imperfect. Most verbs can be put into either
  tense, depending upon the meaning. In this
  lesson, you will learn to conjugate regular -ar
  verbs in the preterite.
• To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the preterite,
  simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the
  following

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Preterito

• hablar
• é yo hableaste tu
  hablasteó el, ella, ud. habloamos nosotros
  hablamosasteis vosotros
  hablasteisaron ellos hablaron

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Preterito

• To conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the
  preterite, simply drop the ending (-er or -ir)
  and add one of the following

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Preterito

• Comer Vivir
• í yo comi viviiste tu
  comiste vivisteió el, ella,
  comio vivioimos nosotros comimos
  vivimosisteis vosotros comisteis
  vivisteisieron ellos
  comieron vivieron

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Preterito

• Generally speaking, the preterite is used for
  actions in the past that are seen as completed.
  Use of the preterite tense implies that the past
  action had a definite beginning and definite end.
  
• Juan habló de la una hasta las dos.
• Juan spoke from one until two o'clock.
• (clearly stated beginning and end)

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Preterito

• Preterite tense stem-changing verbs
• -ar and -er verbs that change their stem in the
  present tense do not change in the preterite.
  They are conjugated just like other regular
  preterite verbs, using the regular endings.

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Preterito

• cerrarcerrécerrastecerrócerramoscerrasteisce
  rraron

• entenderentendíentendisteentendióentendimosen
  tendisteisentendieron

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Preterito

• -ir verbs that change their stem in the present
  tense do change in the preterite, but in a
  different way. They change ei and ou in the
  third person, singular and plural.

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Preterito

• preferirpreferípreferisteprefiriópreferimospr
  eferisteisprefirieron

• dormirdormídormistedurmiódormimosdormisteisd
  urmieron

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Preterito

• Preterite tense ser, ir, dar dar, hacer
• Many verbs in the preterite are irregular and
  must be memorized. There are three very effective
  methods for learning these verbs practice,
  practice, practice.

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Preterito

• Ser fuifuistefuefuimosfuisteisfueron

• ir
• fuifuistefuefuimosfuisteisfueron

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Preterito

• dardidistediodimosdisteisdieron
• Note This is not a typo ser and ir do have
  identical conjugations in the preterite!

• hacerhicehicistehizohicimoshicisteishiciero
  n

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Preterito

• Orthographic changing verbs in the preterite
• The following changes occur in the yo form only
• Verbs that end in -gar change g to guVerbs that
  end in -car change c to quVerbs that end in -zar
  change z to c
• Examples
• jugué (jugar)busqué (buscar)almorcé (almorzar)

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Preterito

• Here are some examples of common verbs in this
  category
• jugarllegarpagarrogaraparcarbuscarclasifica
  rtocar

• almorzarcomenzarempezarorganizar

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Preterito

• For verbs that end in -aer, -eer, -oír, and -oer,
  the él,/ella/usted form uses the ending yó
  (rather than ió) and the third person plural uses
  the ending yeron (rather than ieron). The
  remaining forms gain a written accent over the
  letter i.
• Example creer
• creícreístecreyócreímoscreísteiscreyeron

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Preterito

• Other verbs like creer include
• caerleeroírposeerproveerreir
• Exceptions to this rule include
• traeratraerdistraer

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Preterito

• Verbs that end in -uir change in the same way,
  but the written accent over the letter i only
  occurs in the yo form.
• Example huirhuíhuistehuyóhuimoshuisteishuy
  eron

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Preterito

• Other verbs like huir include
• construircontribuirdestruirfluirincluirinflui
  r