Use the preterite to talk about completed actions in the past – I used to ride my bike every day. – Last Saturday, I went to the park. Preterite Tense of –AR verbs completed possibly still ongoing
1. Take infinitive 2. Drop ending (last 2 letters) 3. Add present tense -AR endings How do we conjugate in the present tense?
1. Take infinitive 2. Drop ending (last 2 letters) 3. Add preterite tense -AR endings To conjugate in the preterite: (regular –AR verbs)
Preterite endings (Regular –AR verbs) é aste ó amos asteis aron
- I swam. -Mariana skated. -We walked. A practicar (Yo) nadé. (Ella) patinó. (Nosotros) caminamos.
There is a spelling change in the YO form of preterite regular verbs that end in: -car -gar -zar -CAR, -GAR, -ZAR verbs
car verbs c becomes qu Ejemplos: (yo) busqué (yo) toqué buscar tocar
gar verbs g becomes gu Ejemplos: (yo) jugué (yo) llegué jugar llegar
zar verbs z becomes c Ejemplos: (yo) almorcé (yo) comencé almorzar comenzar