The Preterite/El Pretérito Ven Conmigo– capítulo 2 paso 2

 The preterite tense in Spanish is used to tell what happened at a particular moment in the past. It is one of two past tenses that you will learn this year.  It is used for actions that are completed and done. (Boom actions).  Examples:  He wrote a postcard.  She rode the horse.  They visited the museum. El Pretérito

 Like present tense verbs, you form the preterite tense of regular verbs by crossing out the AR/ER/ or IR ending and adding a new ending to the stem.  The endings are pretty easy to remember for regular verbs.  We are going to begin by learning the regular “AR” verb endings. El Pretérito

Regular – AR preterite endin gs Verb – visitar (to visit) Cross off ar – stem = visit Yo visit é - I visitedNosotros visit amos – we visited Tú visit aste – you visited Él/ella Usted visit ó – he/she/you visited Ellos/ellas Ustedes visit aron - They/you guys visited

NOTE: The nosotros/nosotras ending in the preterite tense has the same ending as in the present tense. Look for context clues in the sentence to help you determine whether the verb is in the present or the past tense. Example: El año pasado nosotros tomamos muchas fotos. Clue words - El año pasado (last year). Last year tells you that this sentence is in the preterite (past) tense and not the present. Example: Nosotros acampamos anoche en el parque. Clue words – anoche (last night). Last night tells you that this sentence is in the preterite (past) tense and not the present. El Pretérito

 El año pasado =  El mes pasado =  La semana pasada =  Ayer =  Anteayer =  Anoche =  Una vez =  De repente =  Ya =  Last year  Last month  Last week  Yesterday  The day before yesterday  Last night  One time  Suddenly  already Some useful words and phrases you should know to use with the preterite tense. (****add these to your packet – you will need them)

El Pretérito – Práctica 1) Conjugate the following verbs in the preterite tense. 2) Then, translate the sentence into English. 1.Ellas _______ (pescar) ayer. 2.Yo ________ (visitar) el museo anteayer. 3.Usted ______ (montar) a caballo el mes pasado. 4.La semana pasada mis amigos y yo ______ (acampar). 1.pescaron/They fished yesterday. 2.visité/I visited the museum the day before yesterday. 3.montó/You (formal) rode a horse last month. 4.acampamos/Last week my friends and I camped.

 The preterite endings for regular “er” and “ir” verbs are different from the preterite endings for “ar” verbs.   However, the good news is that regular “er” and regular “ir” verbs have THE SAME preterite endings!!  So, once you have memorized the “er” endings, you will also know the “ir” endings El Pretérito – Los verbos regulares “er” & “ir”

El Pretèrito As taught earlier, the preterite tense in Spanish is used to tell what happened at a particular moment in the past. Like the present tense verbs, you form the preterit tense of regular verbs by crossing out (er/ir) and adding on a new ending. ER/IR in the preterit have the SAME endings

ER/IR Endings… Now let’s look at the ER/IR verb endings (Both have the same preterite endings) Yo - í Tú - iste Él Ella- ió Usted Nosotros - imos Ellos Ellas- ieron Ustedes

BEBER – to drink Yo bebí I drank Tú bebiste You (friendly) drank Él Ella bebió Usted He/she/ you (formal) drank Nosotros/as bebimos We drank Ellos Ellas bebieron Ustedes They/you guys drank

Práctica del Paquete 1.La familia _____ (abrir) sus regalos ayer. 2.Yo _______(dormir) tarde esta mañana. 3.Tú ________ (beber) la leche anteayer. 4.La semana pasada mis amigos y yo _____ (perder)las fotos. 1. La familia abrió sus regalos ayer. The family opened their gifts yesterday. 2. Yo dormí tarde esta mañana. I slept late this morning. 3. Tú bebiste la leche anteayer. You drank the milk the day before yesterday. 4. La semana pasada mis amigos y yo perdimos las fotos. Last week my friends and I lost the pictures.