El pretrito

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El pretérito

• Talking about the past

Empezamos!
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A journey into the past

• So far in your Spanish career, you have learned
  to talk in two different tenses

Present Indicative
Future
Click on the Present Indicative to quickly
review. When you return to this screen, click on
Future.
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El presente
Regular ar verbs always have the same endings
yo -o nosotros -amos tú -as vosotros
-áis él, ella, Ud. -a ellos, ellas, Uds.
-an
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and for er/-ir regular verbs

• -o
• -es
• -e
• -emos (-er) or imos (ir)
• -éis (-er) or ís (-ir)
• -en

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El futuro

• We learned to talk about the future by using
• ir a infinitive

Conjugated form of IR
Non-conjugated Verb
VOY
A
COMER EN McDONALDS
I am going
to eat at McDonalds
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And now for something completely different

• The Preterit

Used to talk about
The Past
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The Endings
Here are the new endings of the preterit tense.
These are completely different endings than the
present tense, but are attached in the same way.
Regular ar Verb Endings
-é
-amos
-aste
-astéis
-ó
-aron
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The nuts and bolts
hablar
habl
é
I spoke.

• Drop the ar ending
• Add the ending needed (in this case, yo)
• Youre done!

Try It Out!
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A Quick Review

• Click on the correct answer. Homer will tell you
  if youre right!

I walked would be
a. caminó
b. caminé
c. caminaron
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Sí!
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No!
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Pregunta 2
He listened
a. escuchó
b. caminé
c. caminaron
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Pregunta 3
They watched
a. escuchó
b. caminé
c. miraron
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Preguntas?
Muy bien!
The End