El pretérito: verbos en -AR
What is “el pretérito”? Stuff that happened in the past!! It’s DONE… OVER WITH!!
How do we conjugate an AR verb en el pretérito?? There are 3 simple steps!!! How do we conjugate an AR verb en el pretérito??
STEP 1
Drop the ending!
Let’s take a look
CANT AR to sing
STEP 2
Figure out WHO DID THE ACTION??
I sang
You sang
He or She sang
We sang
They sang
STEP 3
Add the correct ending:
-é -aste -ó -amos -aron yo tú él nosotros ellos
CANT É I sang
yo canté
CANT ASTE you sang
tú cantaste
CANT Ó he or she sang
Él cantó Ella cantó
CANT AMOS we sang
nosotros cantamos
CANT ARON they sang
ellos cantaron
IT’S THAT SIMPLE!!
Let’s review
3 steps: Drop the ending
CANT AR to sing
3 steps: Drop the ending Figure out who did the action
I sang you sang he or she sang we sang they sang
3 steps: Drop the ending Figure out who did the action add the correct ending
yo cant tú cant él/ella/Ud. cant nosotros cant é aste ó amos aron ellos/ellas/Uds.cant é aste ó amos aron
¡Qué Bueno!