The preterite Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed. The that are.

Presentación del tema: "The preterite Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed. The that are."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 The preterite Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed. The that are seen as completed. The past action had a definite past action had a definite beginning and definite end. beginning and definite end.

2 Ayer… *Ayer, Rosa habló de la una hasta las dos. *Yesterday, Rosa spoke from one until two o’clock. (clearly stated beginning and end)

3 The preterite is used for actions that : *Can be viewed as single events. Ana caminó por la calle. Ana walked through the street. *Were repeated a specific number of times, or occurred during a specific period of time. Ayer escribi tres notas. Yesterday I wrote three notes. Nosotros vivimos allí por dos años. We lived there for two years.

4 Continuación… *were part of a chain of events Marta se levantó, se vistió, y salió. Marta got up, dressed, and left. *To state the beginning or end of an action. Empezó a nevar a las seis de la mañana. It began to snow at six in the morning.

5 Time markers Anoche.Last night Ayer. Yesterday Anteayer. The day before La semana pasada. Last week El año pasado.Last year El lunes pasado.Last monday

6 Verbos regulares -AR -ER-IR -é-í -aste-iste -ó-ió -amos-imos -aron-ieron

7 To conjugate regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the preterito. Drop the ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and add the following: (singular form. * -ar - er - ir ( hablar ) ( comer ) ( vivir) yo hablé comí viví Tú hablaste comiste viviste él habló comió vivió

8 Continued…nosotros y ellos/ustedes *-ar -er -ir ( hablar ) (comer) (vivir) hablamos comimos vivimos hablasteis comisteis vivisteis hablaron comieron vivieron

9 Spelling changes in the preterite Verbs that end in : * –gar change g to gu * -car change c to qu * -zar change z to c The changes occur in the “Y0” form only.

10 Ejemplos Yo pagué la cuenta. (pagar/pagué) Yo busqué el libro. (buscar/busqué) Yo almorcé sólo. (almorzar/almorcé)

11 Leer y Creer Also, an unstressed – i- between vowels becomes -y-. *leer *creer leí leímos creí creímos leíste leísteis creíste creísteis leyó leyeron creyó creyeron

12 Pagar buscar almorzar Pagué busqué almorcé Pagaste buscaste almorzaste Pagó buscó almorzó Pagamos buscamos almorzamos Pagasteis buscasteis almorzasteis Pagaron buscaron almorzaron

13 IRREGULAR VERBS DarHacerIr/Ser dihicefui distehicisteFuiste diohizofue dimoshicimosfuimos dieronhicieronfueron