1 El Pretérito de los verbos
2 I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. El Pretérito: is a past tense (“-ed”) talks about what happened is a completed action
3 The stem for regular verbs in the pretérito is the infinitive stem. Tomartom- Hablarhabl- Comercom- Beberbeb- Abrirabr- Salirsal-
4 Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are: -é -aste -ó -amos -aron
5 Pretérito endings for –er / -ir verbs are: -í -iste -ió -imos -ieron
6 REMEMBER: accents on the “yo” form and the “él / ella / Ud.” form -ar / -ir “nosotros” form is the same in present and pretérito
7 (-ar verbs) tomé tomaste tomó tomamos tomaron Por ejemplo: tomar
8 (-er / -ir verbs) comí comiste comió comimos comieron Por ejemplo: comer
9 Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form of the pretérito. buscar tocar practicar pagar jugar llegar almorzar empezar comenzar Unos Irregulares:
10 The “yo” form of the pretérito changes to conserve the sound of the infinitive: -car -gar -zar “-qué” “-gué” “-cé” “tocé” “jugé” “rezé”
11 (-car verbs) busqué buscaste buscó buscamos buscaron Por ejemplo: buscar
12 (-car verbs) practiqué practicaste practicó practicamos practicaron Por ejemplo: practicar
13 (-gar verbs) pagué pagaste pagó pagamos pagaron Por ejemplo: pagar
14 (-gar verbs) jugué jugaste jugó jugamos jugaron Por ejemplo: jugar
15 (-zar verbs) almorcé almorzaste almorzó almorzamos almorzaron Por ejemplo: almorzar
16 (-zar verbs) empecé empezaste empezó empezamos empezaron Por ejemplo: empezar
17 Vamos A Repasar What does the preterit represent? How do we form the preterit? What are the endings? Are there accents? Are there irregulars? What are the irregulars? Can you give me an example of when we use the preterit?
18 PRACTICAMOS I ran to the store. We spoke on the phone. I played soccer. I ate lunch at 2. He wore jeans yesterday. You drank soda. The students wrote a note. I played the guitar.