El Pretérito 2B. El Pretérito The preterite is the simple past tense in Spanish. It is used when you are describing events that happened in the past.

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1 El Pretérito 2B

2 El Pretérito The preterite is the simple past tense in Spanish. It is used when you are describing events that happened in the past. Its roughly equivalent to the –ed ending in English.

3 To Conjugate in the Preterite 1. Drop the AR, ER or IR 2. Add new ending AR Endings éamos asteasteis óaron Cantarto sing cantécantamos I sangWe sang cantastecantasteis You sangYou all sang cantócantaron He/she sangThey sang You (formal) You all (formal) ER and IR Endings íimos isteisteis ióieron Correrto runVivirto live corrícorrimosvivívivimos I ranWe ranI livedWe lived corriste corristeisviviste vivisteis You ranYou all ranYou livedYall lived corriócorrieronvivióvivieron He/she ranThey ranHe/she livedThey lived You (formal)You all (formal)You (formal)You all (f.)

4 Recuerdos Make sure to include the accent marks. They are completely wrong without them. Stem changers that end in AR and ER DO NOT stem change in the preterite (YAY!). You dont have to worry about IR stem changers just yet. Reflexive verbs still have their reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, os, se).

5 Traduce. Usa el pretérito. 1.On Christmas, we woke up early. 2.My children looked at the tree. 3.They opened many presents. 4.I drank coffee. 5.My husband drank tea. 6.The kids drank hot chocolate. 7.I looked at the clock. 8.Everything happened before 8:00.

6 A ti te toca Escribe seis (6) frases con el pretérito sobre tu día de nieve (snow day). – Usa (por lo menos) tres formas distintas. – Usa (por lo menos) un verbo AR, un verbo ER, un verbo IR. – Evita los verbos irregulares (ser, ir, hacer, tener).

7 Los verbos especiales In the yo form (only the yo form), the following verbs have a change in the preterite: – CAR (tocar, sacar, enfocar) The C changes to QU and then you add the é. Ex: yo toqué BUT tú tocaste – GAR (jugar, pagar, castigar) The G changes to GU and then you add the é. Ex: yo jugué BUT tú jugaste – ZAR (almorzar, cruzar) The Z changes to C and then you add the é. Ex: yo almorcé BUT tú almorzaste

8 Ejemplos Juan y yo cruzar la calle. Yo cruzar primero. Él cruzar segundo. Mi mamá pagar mucho dinero al restaurante. Yo no pagar nada. Estefania y su hermano sacar la basura ayer. Hoy, ellos no están aquí y yo la sacar. Ahora, traduce.