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What does the Preterite tense refer to?
Past actions that are seen as completed
E.g I walked my dog (Paseé a mi perro)
How do you form the Preterite tense?
E.g Jugan (They played)
Take the infinitive of the verb
E.g Jugamos = Jugar
Remove the ending (in this case AR)
E.g Jugar = Jug (Stem)
Add the corresponding ending in the Preterite tense (in this case the AR/ “They” form)
E.g Jug = Jugaron
What are the “AR” endings in the Preterite tense?
Yo (I) - É
Tú (You) - Aste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Ó
Nosotros (We) - Amos
Vosotros (You lot) - Asteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Aron
What are the “ER/IR” endings in the Preterite tense?
Yo (I) - Í
Tú (You) - Iste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Ó
Nosotros (We) - Imos
Vosotros (You lot) - Isteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Ieron
What are the Preterite endings for Strong Preterites (Stem changes)?
Yo (I) - E
Tú (You) - Iste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - O
Nosotros (We) - Imos
Vosotros (You lot) - Isteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Ieron
What are the Preterite endings for the irregular verb “SER”/IR (To be/To go)?
Yo (I) - Fui
Tú (You) - Fuiste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Fue
Nosotros (We) - Fuimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Fuisteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Fueron
What are the Preterite endings for the irregular verb “HACER” (To do)?
Yo (I) - Hice
Tú (You) - Hiciste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Izo
Nosotros (We) - Hicimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Hicisteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Hicieron
What are the Preterite endings for the irregular verb “TENER” (To have)?
Yo (I) - Í
Tú (You) - Iste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Ó
Nosotros (We) - Imos
Vosotros (You lot) - Isteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Ieron
What are the Preterite tense endings for the irregular verb “TRAER” (To bring)?
Yo (I) - Traje
Tú (You) - Trajiste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Trajo
Nosotros (We) - Trajimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Trajisteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Trajeron
What are the Preterite tense endings for the irregular verb “DAR” (To give)?
Yo (I) - Di
Tú (You) - Diste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Dio
Nosotros (We) - Dimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Disteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Dieron
What are the Preterite tense endings for the Irregular verb “DECIR” (To say)?
Yo (I) - Dije
Tú (You) - Dijiste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Dijo
Nosotros (We) - Dijimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Dijisteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Dijeron
What are the Preterite endings for the irregular verb “ESTAR” (To be)?
Yo (I) - Estuve
Tú (You) - Estuviste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Estuvo
Nosotros (We) - Estuvimos
Vosotros (You lot) -Estuvisteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Estuvieron
What are the Preterite endings for the irregular verb “VER” (To watch)?
Yo (I) - Vi
Tú (You) - Viste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Vio
Nosotros (We) - Vimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Visteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Vieron
What are the Preterite endings for the Irregular verb “VENIR” (To come)?
Yo (I) - Vine
Tú (You) - Viniste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Vino
Nosotros (We) - Vinimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Vinisteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Vinieron
What are the Preterite endings for the Irregular verb “PONER” (To put)?
Yo (I) - Puse
Tú (You) - Pusiste
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Puso
Nosotros (We) - Pusimos
Vosotros (You lot) - Pusisteis
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Pusieron
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “ANDAR” (To walk)?
Anduve
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “CABER” (To fit)?
Cupe
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “CONDUCIR” (To drive)?
Conduje
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “DECIR” (To say)?
Dije
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “ESTAR” (To be)?
Estuve
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “HABER” (To have)?
Hube
What is the Stem for the Irregular Verb “HACER” (To make)?
Hice
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “HACER” (To do)?
Hizo
What is the Stem the Irregular verb “PODER” (To be able to)?
Pude
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “PONER” (To put)
Puse
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “QUERER” (To want)?
Quise
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “SABER” (To know)?
Supe
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “TENER” (To have)?
Tuve
What is the Stem for the Irregular Verb “TRAER” (To bring)?
Traje
What is the Stem for the Irregular verb “VENIR” (To come)?
Vine
What is the ending for “CAR” verbs that change in 1st person singular form?
Qué
What is the ending for “GAR” verbs that change in 1st person singular form?
Gué
What is the ending for “ZAR” verbs that change in 1st person singular form?
Cé
Which “CAR” verbs change in the 1st person singular form?
Practicar = Practiqué
Sacar = Saqué
Tocar = Toqué
Which “GAR” verbs change in the 1st person singular form?
Jugar = Jugué
Llegar = Llegué
Pagar = Pagué
Which “ZAR” verbs change in the 1st person singular form?
Empezar = Empecé
Amorzar = Almorcé
What is the ending for “UIR/AER/EER” verbs that change in the 3rd person singular/plural form?
Él/Ella (He/She/It) - Yó
Ellos/Ellas (They) - Yeron°
Which “UIR/AER/EER” verbs change in the 3rd person singular/plural form?
Caer (To fall) = Cayó - Cayeron
Creer (To believe) = Creyó - Creyeron
Incluir (To include) = Incluyó - Incluyeron
Concluir (To conclude) = Concluyó - Concluyeron
Construir (To build) = Construyó - Construyeron
Leer (To read) = Leyó - Leyeron
Oír (To hear) = Oyó - Oyeron
What are the changes from IR radical changing verbs in the 3rd person singular/plural form?
E = I
O = U
Which IR radical changing verbs change in the 3rd person singular/plural form?
Seguir (To follow) = Siguió - Siguieron
Pedir (To ask) = Pidió - Pidieron
Dormir (To sleep) = Durmió - Durmieron
Sentir (To feel) = Sintió - Sintieron
When is the Preterite tense used?
Actions occured at a fixed time point
E.g Llamé a la una (I called at one)
Actions performed a specific number of times
E.g I called you twice (Te llamé dos veces)
Actions occuring during a specifc enclosed period of time
Vivió allí por cinco años (He lived there for five years)
Actions as part of a chain of events
E.g Fui de compras, compré un vestido y comí un helado (I went shopping - bought a dress and ate an ice cream
Changes of mood - feelings - opinions
E.g At that moments I was not afraid - En ese momento no tuve miedo
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