El pretérito The preterite
When do you use the preterite? Use it when you want to describe an action or event which began and ended in the past… It’s called the “one-time past”.
AR Endings Yo -é Nosotros -amos Tú - aste Él, ella, Ud. -ó Ellos, ellas, Uds. - aron
Ejemplo: Hablar Yo hablé Nosotros hablamos Tú hablaste Él, ella, Ud. habló Ellos, ellas, Uds. hablaron
Ar: Irregulares Any verb that ends in -CAR, -GAR, or -ZAR will be irregular in the Yo form.
Can you think of a verb that ends in –CAR? How about… Sacar, Buscar, & Tocar! Ar: Irregulares
Can you think of a verb that ends in –GAR? How about… Llegar, Pagar & Juzgar! Ar: Irregulares
Can you think of a verb that ends in –ZAR? How about… Empezar, Comenzar & Cazar! Ar: Irregulares
These change in the yo form ONLY! -car changes to -qué -gar changes to –gué -zar changes to -cé Ar: Irregulares
Tocar – yo toqué (I played) Llegar – yo llegué (I arrived) Empezar – yo empecé (I began) Ar: Irregulares [Ejemplos]
Yo í Nosotros -imos Tú -iste Él, ella, Ud. -ió Ellos, ellas, Uds. -ieron ER/IR Endings
Comer = to eat ComíComimos Comiste ComióComieron ER/IR Ejemplos Vivir = to live VivíVivimos Viviste VivióVivieron
CRAZY Irregulars 1. dar = to give didimos diste diodieron “the cousins”
2. ver = to see ViVimos Viste viovieron CRAZY Irregulars “the cousins”
CRAZY Irregulars 3. ser = to be FuiFuimos Fuiste FueFueron “the twins”
CRAZY Irregulars 4. Ir = to go FuiFuimos Fuiste FueFueron “the twins”
STEM Changers Some verbs are irregular because they change in the stem. I am giving you six of these verbs.
1.Decir (to say) –dij_ 2. Hacer (to make) – hic_ 3. Tener (to have) –tuv_ 4. Estar (to be) – estuv_ 5.andar (to walk) – anduv_ 6. saber (to know) – sup_ STEM Changers:
STEM Changer Endings: Stem changers have their own special set of engings. -e-imos -iste -o-ieron
STEM Changer Ejemplo: Tener = to have Yo tuve (I had) Nosotros tuvimos (We had) Tú tuviste (You had) Ella tuvo (She had) Ellos tuvieron (They had)
STEM Changer “Funky Ones”: There are TWO stem changers that change in a weird way. I call these the funky ones.
Decir = to say or tell dijedijimos dijiste dijodijeron Funky Ones Hacer= to do / make hicehicimos hiciste hizohicieron