1 El Pasado: El Pretérito de los verbos
2 El Pasado: There are ____ past tenses in Spanish. The _________ & the __________. 2 PRETERIT IMPERFECT
The _________________ tense is like a __________ of what happened in the past. It describes: SNAPSHOT single, completed actions in the past. PRETERIT
The _________________ tense is like an _________________ of what happened in the past. It describes: IMPERFECT things and emotions, and tells what used to happen. ONGOING FILM
5 El Preterito: If a single action occurred in the______ and the speaker can tell precisely _____ the action occurred use the _________________. PRETERIT (pretréito) PAST WHEN
is a past tense (“ -ed”) talks about what happened is a completed action El Pret é rito:
Por ejemplo… I walked to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash.
8 The stem for regular verbs in the pretérito is the infinitive stem. Tomartom- Hablarhabl- Comercom- Beberbeb- Abrirabr- Salirsal-
9 Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are: -é-é -aste -ó-ó –amos -asteis -aron
10 Pretérito endings for –er / -ir verbs are: -í-í -iste -ió –imos -isteis -ieron
11 REMEMBER There are accents on the “yo” form and the “él / ella / Ud.” form -ar / -ir “nosotros” form is the same in present and pretérito
12 (-ar verbs) tomé tomaste tomó tomamos tomasteis tomaron Por ejemplo: tomar
13 (-er / -ir verbs) volví volviste volvió volvimos volvisteis volvieron Por ejemplo: volver (ue)
14 (-er / -ir verbs) abrí abriste abrió abrimos abristeis abrieron Por ejemplo: abrir
Unos Irregulares Ser, Ir, Dar, Ver y Hacer
IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PRETERIT Just like the present tense there are IRREGULAR verbs in the preterit. You must _______________ these verbs! NO _______________ on irregular verbs in the preterit! memorize ACCENTS
Ser-to be (was, were) FuiFuimos FuisteFuisteis FueFueron
Ir- to go (went) FuiFuimos FuisteFuisteis FueFueron
Dar-to give (gave) DiDimos DisteDisteis DioDieron
Ver-to see (saw) ViVimos VisteVisteis VioVieron
Hacer-to do; to make (did, made) HiceHicimos HicisteHicisteis Hizohicieron
22 El Pasado: Eso es todo para ahora