Pretérito Past tense- with a specific start and end time.

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2 Pretérito Past tense- with a specific start and end time

3 Some cohesive devices used with preterite Ayer -yesterday Anteayer- day before yesterday Esta semana –this week Esta mañana- this morning El año pasado -last year La semana pasada- last week El fin de semana pasado- last weekend El (day of the week) pasado- last (day of week) For example: el viernes pasado- last Friday

4 Regular –ar verb endings Yo –é Tú-aste Él/Ella- ó Usted-ó Yo hablé por teléfono anoche. (I talked on the phone last night.) Nosotros –amos Vosotros- asteis Ellos/Ellas-aron Ustedes-aron Ellos bailaron a la fiesta la semana pasada. (They danced at the party last week.)

5 Regular –er AND -ir verb endings Yo –í Tú-iste Él/Ella- ió Usted-ió Yo bebí mucho agua después del entrenamiento ayer. (I drank a lot of water after practice yesterday.) Él escribió el vocabulario en su cuaderno esta mañana. (He wrote the vocabulary in his notebook this morning.) Nosotros –imos Vosotros- isteis Ellos/Ellas-ieron Ustedes-ieron Mi amigo y yo comimos el almuerzo a Salsaritas el fin de semana pasado. (My friend and I ate lunch at Salsaritas last weekend.) Ellas vieron la película el viernes pasado. (They (all females) saw the movie last Friday.)

6 Verb “Ir” (not to confused with –ir ending) Ir- to go Yo fui – I went T ú fuiste- You went Él/Ella/Usted fue- He/She/You(formal) went Yo fui a la clase de español esta mañana (I went to Spanish class this morning.) Nosotros fuimos- We went Vosotros fuisteis- You all went (Spain only) Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes fueron- They/You all(formal) went Nosotros fuimos al almuerzo a mediodía. (We went to lunch at noon.)

7 What do you know about the consonants “c” and “g” in regards to pronunciation? The pronunciation of “c” and “g” depend on the vowel that follows.

8 So, in order to keep the sound in the preterite, we must add something… (like s in English)Like k in English Ce (cero) Ci (cien) Co (¿cómo?) Ca (casa)

9 Sacar The “c” in sacar, has the “k” sound. We have to maintain the same sound when we conjugate it. What happens if we conjugate the “yo” form as a regular –ar verb in the preterite? It would be “sacé” Does “sacé” maintain the hard “k” sound? The “qué” allows it to keep the hard “k” sound!

10 So, in order to keep the sound in the preterite, we must add something… (like g in English)(like h in English) Ga (garaje) Go (gordo) Ge (inteligente) Gi (gimnasio)

11 Llegar The “g” in sacar, has the “h” sound. We have to maintain the same sound when we conjugate it. What happens if we conjugate the “yo” form as a regular –ar verb in the preterite? The “yo” form of llegar in the preterite is: It would be “llegé” Does “llegé” maintain the hard “g” sound? The “gué” allows it to keep the hard “g” sound!

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