Lesson10 preterit
- 1. Preterite/ El pretéritoA.k.a Past tense
- 2. Past tenseThere are two different kinds of past tense verbs: PreteriteImperfectPreterite tense is used when the action has been completed. There was a beginning and an end.
- 3. Regular ConjugationARER/IRNote: I am now including the vosotros form. It takes the place of the usually empty box.
- 4. Examples
- 5. StemChangingVerbs/SandalVerbsTheseverbsonlychange in theél,ella, usted and the ellos, ellas, ustedes forms. They are always IR verbs (exceptfor “leer”).Otherstemchangingverbs:Servir (to serve)Mentir (to lie)
- 6. “y” VerbsAlso part of the Sandal Verbs because only the “él” and “ellos” forms change.Other“y” verbsConstruir (to build)
- 8. Caer (to fall)-car, -gar, -zar VerbsVerbs ending in –car, -gar, or –zar have an irregular “yo” form in the preterit tense.
- 9. -car, -gar, -zar Verbs
- 10. -car, -gar, -zar VerbsOther –car, -gar, -zar verbs:Jugar (to play)Pagar (to pay)Tocar (to touch, to play)Buscar (to look for)Sacar (to take)Emepezar (to begin)Cazar (to hunt)Comenzar (to begin)
- 11. Preterite NotesThe vosotros formisjustthe tú formwithan “ies” added at theend. Wordsassociatedwiththepreterite tenseAyer (yesterday)El año pasado (thepastyear, lastyear)La semana pasada (thepastweek, lastweek)Anoche (lastnight)