El Pretérito.

Presentación del tema: "El Pretérito."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 El Pretérito

2 There are two past tenses in Spanish.
El pretérito El imperfecto (Spanish 2)

3 ¿Cuándo se usa? En general:
The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed. How will you know the actions are completed? Context.

4 Preterite Vocabulary Ayer Anteayer ______pasado/a (ie: la semana pasada, el mes pasado) Hace________ (ie hace dos horas, hace dos días) anoche Esta mañana (esta tarde) A la/las (at a past time)

5 Remember: The preterite is used for actions that:
occurred during a specific period of time. I lived in Los Angeles in 2007.

6 Remember: The preterite is used for actions that:
were repeated a specific number of times Juan called me three times.

7 Remember: Actions that: were part of a chain of events.
I left school, walked home, and started my homework.

8 Remember: can be viewed as single events. They ate at 6:00 pm.

9 Regular Endings Review Get the stem by taking away the AR, ER, or IR ending.

10 Hablar Hablé Hablaste Habló Hablamos Hablasteis Hablaron

11 Comer comí comiste comió comimos comisteis comieron

12 Vivir viví viviste vivió vivimos vivisteis vivieron

13 Ejemplos I lived in Los Angeles in 2007. Juan called me three times.
Yo viví en Los Angeles en 2007. Juan called me three times. Juan me llamó tres veces. I left school, walked home, and finished my homework. Yo salí de escuela, caminé a mi casa y terminé la tarea. They ate at 6:00 pm Ellos comieron a las seis de la tarde.