Escribe en español. (¡Usa el pretérito!) I brought We said We weren’t able to I wasn’t He put You didn’t bring They weren’t They didn’t say You had She was able to Yo traje Nosotros dijimos Nosotros no pudimos Yo no estuve Él puso Tú no trajiste Ellos no estuvieron Ellos no dijeron Tú tuviste Ella pudo

Objetivos: Vamos a … practicar los verbos irregulares en el pretérito escribir (del SmartBoard) tomar apuntes sobre el progresivo imperfecto y el pretérito y practicarlo

irregular preterite endings infinitive stem decir dij- estar estuv- poder pud- poner pus- tener tuv- traer traj- venir vin- irregular preterite endings (yo) -e (nosotros) -imos (tú) -iste (él/ella/Ud.) -o (ellos/ellas/Uds.) -ieron/ -eron Note: Stems that end in -j use the “-eron” ending in the ellos/ellas/Uds. form

venir (stem: vin-) decir (stem: dij-) vine vinimos viniste vino vinieron Examples: decir (stem: dij-) dije dijimos dijiste dijo dijeron

Write a logical sentence (in Spanish) for each phrase… I could He brought We came The doctor said They brought

Imperfect Progressive and Preterite Review: Present Progressive Tense Things happening right now - use a form of “estar” and the present participle (-ar verbs end in -ando, -er/-ir verbs end in -iendo -- there are some irregulars) Yo estoy hablando. Ustedes están leyendo.

Imperfect Progressive Used to describe something that was taking place over a period of time in the past To form: imperfect tense of estar + the present participle Yo estaba esquiando cuando me caí y me torcí el tobillo. imperfect tense of estar present participle of esquiar

The present and imperfect progressive tenses use the same present participles. Some irregulars: o => u decir: diciendo pedir: pidiendo repetir: repitiendo seguir: siguiendo servir: sirviendo vestir: vistiendo dormir: durmiendo

When using pronouns [me, te, le, lo, la, se, nos, les, los, las] with the imperfect progressive -- either put them before estar or attach them to the participle. Me estaba afeitando cuando me corté. Estaba afeitandome cuando me corté. i => y creer: creyendo leer: leyendo traer: trayendo

Note: imperfect progressive => describes what was taking place (background action) preterite => specific occurrence in the past or an interrupting action Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó.

¡A practicar! I was eating She was crying You were talking Using the imperfect progressive tense, write the following en español: I was eating She was crying You were talking They were sleeping We were reading I was getting dressed