Topic: The preterit Essential ?: How do I talk about things that happened in Spanish?

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1 Topic: The preterit Essential ?: How do I talk about things that happened in Spanish?

2 General information  In Spanish, there are two past tenses, the imperfect and the preterit. We will focus only on the preterit.  This is the tense that you use to say what happened.  ¿Qué pasó?  What happened?  ¿Qué hiciste? ¿Qué hizo?  What did you do? What did (someone) do?

3 Forming the preterit  Like the present tense, there is a specific conjugation for each verb form.  There are two main regular patterns  One pattern for –ar verbs  Another pattern for –er/-ir verbs  Until we deal with irregulars, DO NOT MAKE ANY STEM CHANGES

4 -AR verbs  Yo: -é  Tú: -aste  Él/ella/Ud.: -ó  Nosotros: -amos  Vosotros: -asteis  Ellos/ellas/Uds.: -aron  Hablar: hablé, hablaste, habló, hablamos, hablasteis, hablaron  What about estudiar, empezar

5 Spelling considerations  In the yo form in the preterit, there are some spelling issues that pop up to maintain correct pronunciation  Verbs ending in –gar in the yo form will end in – gué (jugar – jugué, NOT jugé…that would be who-HEY)  Verbs ending in –car in the yo form will end in – qué (tocar – toqué, NOT tocé…that would be toe-SAY)  Verbs ending in –zar in the yo form will end in – cé (empezar—empecé, NOT empezé…you CANNOT have zi, ze together in Spanish)

6 Pausa  Share 5 detalles,  Write 3 preguntas

7 -er/-ir verbs  Yo: -í  Tú: -iste  Él/ella/Ud.: -ió (accent on the O!)  Nosotros: -imos  Vosotros: -isteis  Ellos/ellas/Uds.: -ieron  Comer: comí, comiste, comió, comimos, comisteis comieron  Escribir: escribí, escribiste, escribió, escribimos, escribisteis escribieron  What about vivir, volver?

8 Ir and Ser  These are irregular…and the same!  Yo fui  Tú fuiste  Él/ella/Ud. fue  Nosotros fuimos  Vosotros fuisteis  Ellos fueron

9 Reflexives  Remember that the verb part is the same…just remember to place the reflexive pronoun….BEFORE THE CONJUGATED VERB.  Yo me levanté.  Ellos se acostaron tarde.  ¿Te bañaste esta mañana?

10 Acabar de…  Not completely related, but if you are asked what you did, or if you are asked if you did something, you can say “I just ____”  Acabo de hacer la tarea: I just did the homework.  Bob acaba de comer: Bob just ate.

11 Pausa  Share 5 detalles,  Write 3 preguntas

12 Practice-fill in the correct verb and translate each sentence 1. María ___ (hablar) con Juan. 2. Ellos ___ (defender) su opinión. 3. Nosotros ___ (nadar) en el mar. 4. Mis primos ___ (vivir) en Phoenix. 5. Mi hermano ___ (comprar) la casa. 6. Yo ___ (aprender) el español en un año. 7. Tú ___ (cenar) muy tarde. 8. Vosotros ___ (recibir) la carta ayer.

13 Don’t forget your summary!  What did you learn?  What was most important?  How does it relate to things I already know?  What was easiest?  What will be the most challenging?