El pretérito de los verbos regulares We use the preterite tense to talk about things that happened in the past Ex. I bought bought a shirt I ate ate a taco I lived lived in Glen Carbon
Preterite verb endings: -é-amos -aste-asteis -ó-aron -í-imos -iste-isteis -ió-ieron -í-imos -iste-isteis -ió-ieron -ar ending verbs -ir ending verbs -er ending verbs WOW! -er and –ir ending verbs have the same verb endings in the past tense! How cool is that!
Follow the example: nadé nadamos nadaste nadasteis nadó nadaron nadar
Follow the examples: comí comimos comiste comisteis comió comieron comer
Follow the examples: repartí repartimos repartiste repartisteis repartió repartieron repartir
Yo__________en Glen Carbon Juan y yo____________en Worden Tú_____________en Edwardsville La señora Kennedy__________en O’Fallon La señora Svezia___________en Granite City ¿Juan,___________en Moro? Uds._____________en Holiday Shores ¿Señora Beck,___________en Collinsville? Nosotras_____________en Hamel María y Elena_____________en San Luís Para practicar usen el verbo “vivir”
Irregular verbs: fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron ser-to be & ir-to go ¡OJO! They are the same verb in the past tense
STEM CHANGERS IN THE PRESENT TENSE-DO NOT STEM CHANGE IN THE PRETERITE! ¡Ojo! Ex. Siempre me despierto a las siete. Pero ayer me desperté a las ocho.
Para practicar usen el verbo “ser” or “ir” Yo__________a la piscina. (ser/ir) Juan y yo______al presidente. (ser/ir) Tú_________el presidente. (ser/ir) La señora Kennedy________la profesora. (ser/ir) La señora Cook___________al parque. (ser/ir) ¿Juan,___________el director? (ser/ir) Uds._____________los voluntarios. (ser/ir) ¿Señora Beck,________a los mercados? (ser/ir) Nosotras____________a las tiendas. (ser/ir) María y Elena__________las tutoras. (ser/ir)
The –car-gar-zar verbs Verbs that end in -car -gar or -zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form only! -qué -gué and –cé All other forms are conjugated like regular verbs
jugué Examples: in the “yo” pagué toqué comencé busqué empecé pagar buscar comenzar jugar empezar tocar
adjetivos demostrativos demonstrative adjectives point out which noun you are talking about (Ex. I want that car) esteestos estasestaesa esas eseesos sing. masc. fem. plural sing. plural thisthese thatthose Golden Rule: This and these have T’s That and those don’t
To point out items that are further away aquel aquella aquellas aquellos masc. fem. sing.plural
Demonstrativeadjectives: 1.Must always agree in gender and number! 2.Must always come before the noun! ¡Ojo!
Demonstrative pronouns=this,that, these and those-used as nouns The only difference between a demonstrative adjective and a demonstrative pronoun is an accent mark Demonstrative adjectives can also be used as pronouns to replace nouns ésteéstos éstaséstaésa ésas éseésos sing. masc. fem. pluralsing.plural
To use demonstrative pronouns to discuss nouns that are further away aquél aquélla aquéllas aquéllos masc. fem. sing.plural
What it all means: demonstrative adj.= This lesson is crazy Esta lección es loca demonstrative pronoun= (referring to the lesson) This is crazy Ésta es loca
(masc) tanto(s) + noun + como (fem) tanta(s) + noun + como los comparativos: tanto/a/s….como We use the formula below to make equal comparisons of nouns: In other words: To say you have “as many cars as”
Tengo tantos coches como ella