Irregular preterite verbs

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Irregular preterite verbs

• Páginas 204-206

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Irregulars preterite verbs

• Spanish speakers use the preterite tense to
  express the beginning and ending/completion of
  pas action, condition, and events.
• Some Spanish verbs have irregular verb stems in
  the preterite
• Their endings have no accent marks

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Irregular preterite

• Dar di diste dio dimos
  dieron
• Hacer hice hiciste hizo hicimos
  hicieron
• Decir dije dijiste dijo dijimos
  dijieron
• Traer trajo trajiste trajo
  trajimos trajeron
• Ser/ir fui fuiste fue
  fuimos fueron

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poder, saber, querer, venir, estar, tener

• Same ending
• Pud -e
• Sup -iste
• Quis -o
• Vin -imos
• Estuv -ieron
• Tuv
• Ej Trabajé en Macys por un día I worked in
  Macys for one day
• Fui dependiente I was a salesclerk
• Ej Yo quise comprar un vestido en Macys. Si,
  el vestido estubo en especial (sale)

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Since the preterite tense is used to express the
beginning or the completion of past actions,
conditions, and events, it takes on a especial
meaning with some of the verbs that convey states
or conditions. The preterite form of poder,
saber, querer, and tener que are translated ibto
english as the following (see book page 196)
The preterite of hay is huboEj -Hubo un robo
hoy en esta tienda There was a robbery today in
this store -Qué pasó? What
happened? - no sé, pero hubo policías I dont
know, but there were police officers
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Actividad en clase

• 205 7-10
• 206 7-13

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Tarea

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