Preterite means past tense The preterite tense in Spanish is used to tell what happened at a particular moment in the past. Preterit verbs deal with completed.

Presentación del tema: "Preterite means past tense The preterite tense in Spanish is used to tell what happened at a particular moment in the past. Preterit verbs deal with completed."— Transcripción de la presentación:

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2 Preterite means past tense The preterite tense in Spanish is used to tell what happened at a particular moment in the past. Preterit verbs deal with completed past action You form the preterite tense of regular verbs by crossing off the ar/er/ir and adding on a new ending.

3 We have already covered the AR preterite endings. Do you remember them? Need a review?? They are:

4 é aste ó amos asteis aron

5 COMPRAR – to buy Yo compré Tú compraste Él Ella compró Usted Nosotros/as compramos Vosotros/as comprasteis Ellos Ellas compraron Ustedes

6 í iste ió imos isteis ieron

7 Yo aprendí I learned Tú aprendiste You learned Él he learned Ella she learned aprendió Usted you learned Nosotros/as aprendimos We learned Vosotros/as aprendisteis You guys learned Ellos they learned Ellas they learned aprendieron Ustedes you guys learned

8 Yo bebí I drank Tú bebiste You (friendly) drank Él Ella bebió Usted He/she/ you (formal) drank Nosotros/as bebimos We drank Vosotros/as bebisteis You guys drank Ellos Ellas bebieron Ustedes They/you guys drank

9 Yo sacudí I dusted Tú sacudiste You (friendly) dusted Él Ella sacudió Usted He/she/ you (formal) usted Nosotros/as sacudimos We dusted Vosotros/as sacudisteis You guys dusted Ellos Ellas sacudieron Ustedes They/you guys dusted

10 Yo escribí I wrote Tú escribiste You (friendly) wrote Él Ella escribió Usted He/she/ you (formal) wrote Nosotros/as escribimos We wrote Vosotros/as escribisteis You guys wrote Ellos Ellas escribieron Ustedes They/you guys wrote

11 La Canción del Pretérito é acento aste ó acento amos aron í acento iste ió acento imos ieron Yankee Doodle went to town learning all his verbos. When he came to Bandas class he showed her his cuaderno.