preterite

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Spanish preterite + some irregulars and practice.

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Used to talk about:› what happened at a specific point in

time› what someone did at a specific point

in time Por ejemplo:

› She ate the cheese burger.› We went to bed at 9:00.› The play started.

Ayer - yesterday Anteayer – day before yesterday el lunes (el martes, etc.) – on Monday un día (un verano) – one day (one

summer) de repente (suddenly) la semana pasada (last week)

1. Get stem 2. Add correct endings

NO STEM CHANGES IN PRETERITE!

Even if you know it’s a stem change in the present, it wont stem change in preterite.

é amosaste asteis

ó aron

í imosisteió ieron

Ella escribe cartas.› She writes (post) cards.Ayer, ella escribió cartas› Yesterday, she wrote cards.

Me gusta esta película I like this movie. Me gustó la película. I likED the movie.

Me despierto a las 7. I get up at 7 (present tense, e -> ie) Me desperté a las siete ayer. I got up at 7 yesterday (past tense)

Yes, the nosotros preterite ending looks just like the present tense nosotros ending.

Use the context to decide which tense the speaker is using.

Stem-changing –ar verbs do NOT stem-change in the preterite.

1. alquilar un video (Miguel)2. cenar con amigos (yo)3. ayudar en casa (mi hermana y yo)4. comprar ropa (tú)5. escuchar música (mi mamá y papá)

1. alquiló un video

2. cené con amigos

3. ayudamos en casa

4. compraste ropa

5. escucharon música

fui fuimos

fuiste fuisteis

fue fueron

é Hice Hicimos

Hiciste

Hizo Hicieron

Dije Dijimos

Dijiste

Dijo Dijeron

Tuve Tuvimos

Tuviste

Tuvo Tuvieron

Use adónde to ask where someone went.› ¿Adónde fuiste ayer? Where’d you go

yesterday?› Fui al cine. I went to the movies.

Use a + infinitive after ir to say why someone went somewhere.› Fuimos a la librería a comprar libros.

We went to the bookstore to buy books.

**Reminder: Use the preterite to talk about › what happened at a specific point in the

past and › to narrate a sequence of events in the past› Ayer fui al cine con mis amigos, regresé

tarde a casa y me acosté. Remember to use the correct reflexive

pronoun when necessary.

levantarse (to get up)

me levanté nos levantamos

te levantaste

se levantó se levantaron

1. levantarse (yo)2. cepillarse (tú)3. comprar (Ud.)4. bañarse (nosotros)5. ir (ellos)6. acostarse (mi hermano)7. encontrar (mis amigos)

1. me levanté

2. te cepillaste

3. compró

4. nos bañamos

5. fueron

6. se acostó

7. encontraron

I did my homework(tarea) You ate lunch with me (almorzar – to

eat lunch) (with me - conmigo) We talked yesterday. They told me. I told you three times! (times – veces) I was scared

› (to be scared = tener miedo)

Yo hice mi tarea

(Tú) Almorzaste conmigo.

Nosotros hablamos ayer.

Ellos me dijeron

Yo te dije tres veces!

Yo tuve miedo.

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