El Preterito

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El Preterito
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El Preterito

• So far, you have worked with the present tenses
  in Spanish.
• There are 2 past tenses in Spanish.
• We are going to learn the preterite tense.

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The Preterite Tense

• The preterite is used for talking about actions
  completed in the past.

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Preterite of regular - AR verbs

• To form the preterite of a regular AR verb, you
  drop the -AR, then add the correct ending to the
  stem.
• When you drop the AR of the verb, you are left
  with the stem.
• Hablar -gt Habl
• Comprar -gt Compr

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Preterite of regular AR verbs
-é -amos
-aste x
-ó -aron
Yo hablé I talked, I did talk, I was talking Nosotros hablamos We talked, we did talk, we were talking
Tú hablaste You talked, you did talk, you are talking x
Él habló He talked, he did talk, he was talking Ellos hablaron They talked, they did talk, they were talking
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Aguas (careful!)

• This tense can be tricky because the accents are
  so important and really change the meaning
• Hablo I talk.
• Habló He/she talked.

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Limpiar- to clean
Yo limpié I cleaned, I did clean, I was cleaning Nosotros limpiamos
Tú limpiaste x
Él limpió Ellos limpiaron
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Cocinar to cook
Yo cociné Nosotros cocinamos
Tú cocinaste x
Él cocina Ellos cocinaron
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En el paquete.

• 1. My brother cleaned the kitchen
• _______________________________
• 2.I washed the dishes last night
  ________________________________
• 3.My parents cooked the dinner
  ________________________________
• 4.Did you buy vegetables? ________________________
  _______

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• 5. Did you clear the table?
• _____________________________________________
• 6.Did the children bathe?
• ____________________________________________
• 7.The girls helped their grandparents
• _____________________________________
• 8.Nacho and Dorito listened to music
• _____________________________________
• 9.Sofía talked with Pedro.
• __________________________________________
• 10.Gustavo and I dusted the lamp (took the dust
  from the lamp)
• ____________________________________
• 11. The student studied.