El Pretérito In Spanish

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Regular Preterit in Spanish


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El Pretérito
de los verbos

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I talked to my friend. (regular)
I bought a shirt. (irregular)
I paid in cash. (irregular)
El Pretérito:
• is a past tense (“-ed”)
or irregulars in English
• talks about what happened
• is a completed action

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The stem for regular verbs
in the pretérito is the
infinitive stem.
To take, to drink Tomartom-
To talk Hablarhabl-
To eat Comercom-
To drink Beberbeb-
To open Abrirabr-
To leave Salirsal-

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Pretérito endings for -ar
verbs are:

-aste

-amos
-asteis
-aron

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Pretérito endings for –er / -ir
verbs are:

-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
-ieron

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REMEMBER:
• accents on the “yo” form
and the “él / ella / Ud.” form
•-ar / -ir “nosotros” form is
the same in present and
pretérito

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(-ar verbs)
Hablé
hablaste
habló
hablamos
hablasteis
hablaron
Por ejemplo:
Hablar = to talk

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(-ar verbs)
Tomé
tomaste
tomó
tomamos
tomasteis
tomaron
Por ejemplo:
tomar = to drink, to take

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(-er / -ir verbs)
comí
comiste
comió
comimos
comisteis
comieron
Por ejemplo:
comer = to eat

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(-er / -ir verbs)
abrí
abriste
abrió
abrimos
abristeis
abrieron
Por ejemplo:
abrir = to open