The past tense 3.20.12.  We conjugate verbs in Spanish by: ◦ Dropping the last two letters from the infinitive  comer  com ◦ Adding the appropriate.

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1 The past tense 3.20.12

2  We conjugate verbs in Spanish by: ◦ Dropping the last two letters from the infinitive  comer  com ◦ Adding the appropriate ending to the stem  Yo com  como  These conjugations not only communicate WHO is doing the action but they also communicate WHEN  Yo como = I eat / I am eating (present tense)

3  The preterit conjugations are used to express that an action took place in the PAST  In English, most verbs in the past tense end in –ed  Yesterday I walked to school.  Other verbs require a special form in the past, such as went, was, did, ran, said, etc.

4  We have already learned the preterit conjugations for verbs ending in –ar ◦ (yo) -é(nosotros) -amos ◦ (tú) -aste(vosotros) -asteis ◦ (él/ella) -ó(ellos/ellas) -aron usted ustedes  Ejemplo: mirar ◦ Miré  I watched ◦ Miraste  You watched ◦ Miró  He/She/You watched ◦ Miramos  We watched ◦ Miraron  They/You all watched

5  Regular verbs that end in –er and –ir follow a similar pattern to the –ar verbs.  In the preterit, -er & -ir verbs endings are IDENTICAL ◦ (yo) -í(nosotros) -imos ◦ (tú) -iste(vosotros) -isteis ◦ (él/ella) -ió(ellos/ellas) -ieron usted ustedes

6  VENDER COMER  Yo vendíYo  Tú vendisteTú  Maria vendióPete  Nosotros vendimosNosotros  Los amigos vendieronLas chicas

7  ESCRIBIR DESCRIBIR  Yo escribíYo  Tú escribisteTú  El director escribióElla  Tú y yo escribimosNosotros  Jo y Jane escribieronEllas

8  In the preterit tense, many verbs have irregular stems (spelling changes) ◦ Ir  Fui, fuiste, … ◦ Hacer  Hice, hicicste, … ◦ Decir  Dije, dijiste, … ◦ Estar  Estuve, estuviste YO only: (-car, -gar, -zar) ◦ Buscar  yo busqué ◦ Navegar  yo navegué ◦ Almorzar  yo almorcée

9  Mandar: I sent ________________ Did you send? ________________ We sent ________________  Recibir: She received ________________ They received ________________ I didn’t receive ________________