El pret

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El pretéritoThe Preterite

• El pasado

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What is the preterite?

• A past tense in Spanish
• A tense with many irregular verbs
• Used to express an action that began and ended at
  a specific time in the past

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Key terms for the preterite tense

• Ayer
• yesterday
• Anteayer
• the day before yesterday
• Anoche
• last night
• La semana pasada
• last week

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More key terms

• El mes pasado last month
• El año pasado last year
• Ayer por la mañana

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Regular AR Verbs in the Preterite

• To conjugate
• Drop the ar
• Add on the appropriate endings

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The preterite

• Yo hablé con mis amiogs ayer. Nosotros
  hablamos de la escuela y de los amigos. Rita me
  explicó que ella fue al cine con Jorge. Ellos
  fueron a comer en Cheeseckae Factory después.
  Jorge pagó para todo, los tickets, las meriendas,
  y la cena. Sandra pasó la tarde en la playa.
  Y tú, esquiaste?

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Hablar spoke talked
yo hablé Nosotros hablamos
Tú hablaste
él, Ella, habló Ud. ellos, ellas, hablaron Uds.
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Which ending is the same in the present tense?

• Nosotros

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How will you tell the difference between the
present and the preterite for the nosotros form?

• Context

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Be careful!

• Yo and él, ella, Ud forms have ACCENTS!!!

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Interesting note

• The yo form in the present tense takes an o
  as its ending without an accent mark and the
  él, ella Ud form ending for the preterite tense
  is ó (o with an accent).
• Therefore, be careful, because the accent mark
  changes the meaning of the sentence.

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Examples
Present Tense Hablo por teléfono. I speak on the telephone. Preterite Tense Habló por teléfono. He/ She/ You (formal) spoke on the telephone.
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Two verbs with the same conjugations you say???

• Which two?
• Ser
• Ir

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Isnt there anything different between the two
verbs?

• No!

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When how will I know which is which?

• So glad you wanted to know
• Context
• Read the sentence for clues
• Translate and substitute each verb meaning in and
  see which one makes sense

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So, what are the preterit conjugations of ser AND
ir?

• yo fui nosotros fuimos
• tú fuiste
• él, ella, Ud. fue ellos, ellas, Uds. fueron

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What about regular er and ir verbs?

• So glad you asked
• They are so cool!
• They have the exact same endings!!!

Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
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What about the nosotros form?

• -ER and -IR preterite endings are the same even
  for the nosotros form

nosotros
nosotros
nosotros
nosotros
nosotros
nosotros
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Do any of the forms have accents??
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
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What are the endings for regular -er ANDir
verbs in the preterite!!

• Examples

Yo -í Nosotros -imos
Tú -iste
él, ella, Ud -ió Ellos, ellas, Uds. -ieron
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So lets conjugate vivir and comer in the
preterite