Talking About the Past 2 Irregular Preterites Part 1

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Talking About the Past (2)Irregular Preterites
(Part 1)
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• estar estuv-
• poder pud-
• poner pus-
• querer quis-
• saber sup-
• tener tuv-
• venir vin-

estar estuve estuvimos estuviste estuvisteis
estuvo estuvieron
-e-iste-o-imos-isteis-ieron
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Talking About the Past (3)Preterite of
Stem-Changing Verbs
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• pedir (i, i) dormir (ue, u)
• pedí pedimos dormí dormimos
• pediste pedisteis dormiste dormisteis
• pidió pidieron durmió durmieron
• pidiendo durmiendo

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Expressing Direct and Indirect Objects
TogetherDouble Object Pronouns Order of Pronouns
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Tienes el trofeo? Do you have the trophy? Sí,
acaban de dármelo. Yes, they just gave it to
me. Mamá, está listo el almuerzo? Mom, is
lunch ready? Te lo preparo ahora mismo. Ill
get it ready for you right now.

• When both an indirect and direct object pronoun
  are used in a sentence, the indirect object
  pronoun (I) precedes the direct (D) ID.

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Expressing Direct and Indirect Objects
TogetherDouble Object Pronouns le(s) ? se (Part
1)
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Le compra unos Hes buying zapatos. her
some shoes. Se los compra. Hes buying them
for her. Les mandamos la blusa. Well send
the blouse to them. Se la mandamos. Well
send it to them.

• A. When both the indirect and direct object
  pronouns begin with the letter l, the indirect
  object pronoun always changes to se.

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Expressing Direct and Indirect Objects
TogetherDouble Object Pronouns le(s) ? se (Part
2)
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• B. Since se can stand for le (to/for you sing.,
  him, her) or les (to/for you pl., them), it is
  often necessary to clarify its meaning by using a
  plus the pronoun objects of prepositions.

Se lo escribo (a Uds., a ellos, a ellas ).Ill
write it to (you, them . . . ). Se las doy (a
Ud., a él, a ella ).Ill give them to (you,
him, her . . . ).