The Preterite Tense (El Preterito)

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1 The Preterite Tense (El Preterito)

2 The Preterite Tense The preterite tense is used to discuss completed actions in the past. ie...Yesterday he ATE the sandwich. 2. The preterite tense is a simple tense meaning it is made up of just one word. ie...Ayer él COMIÓ el sandwich. 3. The preterite tense is only one of two past tenses in Spanish. *(You will learn the imperfect tense later)

3 To Conjugate Regular AR Verbs
Identify the stem and drop the last two letters off of the infinitive form of the verb. ie….habl ar Then add the appropriate verb endings. AR é amos aste asteis ó aron

4 To Conjugate Reg. AR Verbs
HABLAR – AR = HABL hablé hablamos hablaste habló hablaron

5 Notice the “nosotros” form is the same as in the present tense so you’ll have to look at the context and key words to help you identify whether it’s in the past: Some key words are: Ayer, anoche, el mes pasado, el ano pasado, el fin de semana pasado, el viernes pasado, etc. Verbs that stem change in the present tense do not stem change in the preterit!

6 Let’s conjugate: Visitar Nadar Acampar Comprar Tomar Pescar Mandar

7 Visité Visitamos Visitaste Visitó Visitaron Nadé Nadamos Nadaste Nadó Nadaron

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10 To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs
Find the stem by dropping the last two letters off of the infinitive form of the verb. ie….com er Then add the appropriate verb endings. ER / IR í imos iste ió ieron

11 To Conjugate Reg. ER/IR Verbs
CONOCER – ER = CONOC conocí conocimos conociste conoció conocieron

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14 Stem Changes * AR and ER verbs DO NOT have stem changes in the preterite. Only IR verbs that have a stem change in the present tense, only have a one letter stem change in the preterite and only in box 3 and ie…dormir dormí dormimos dormiste durmió durmieron

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16 Orthographic Spelling Changes
* Remember that you CANNOT change the sound of a letter by conjugating. Orthographic spelling changes will regularly occur in AR verbs whose stems end in C, G, or Z. C - QU G - GU Z - C

17 Orthographic Spelling Changes
JUGAR – AR = JUG jugué jugamos jugaste jugó jugaron

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20 Sentence Examples Hablé con mi hermana ayer.
I talked with my sister yesterday. Juan bailó el lunes. Juan danced on Monday. Tomaste los refrescos a la fiesta. You drank soft drinks at the party.

21 Preterite Usages What is do you use to use the preterite to describe?
Specific completed events in the past.

22 Extra Practice caminar (yo) ________________
correr (ellos) _______________ bucear (nosotros) ____________ beber (tú) __________________ bailar (él) __________________ lavar (ella) ________________ escribir (Uds.) _______________ pasar (nosotras) _____________ jugar (yo) ________________ caminé corrieron busceamos bebiste bailó lavó escribieron pasamos jugué