PRETERITE Por: Señora Lara
WHAT IS A PRETERITE? A tense to talk about what happened or what someone did at a specific point in the past.
WE WILL BE USING THE FOLLOWING ENDINGS WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE PAST éamos asteX óaron
NOTICE: THERE IS AN ACCENT ON THE “YO” AND “EL, ELLA, USTED” FORM ONLY éamos asteX óaron
TO FORM THE PRETERITE OF –AR VERBS Add these endings to the verb’s stem. Let’s look at the verb comprar: Yo compréNosotros compramos Tú compraste Usted, el, ella compróUstedes, ellos, ellas compraron
LET’S PRACTICE THE PRETERITE TENSE WITH VERBS THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH: Bailar- Lavar- Practicar- Necesitar- Tocar- Visitar- Mirar- Ayudar- Hablar-
¿LISTOS? He played the guitar. She danced with her dad. We practiced Spanish. I need a pencil. I helped my mom to wash clothes.
TO FORM THE PRETERITE OF –ER/-IR VERBS EXAMPLE: COMER/ESCRIBIR comí / escribíComimos / escribimos Comiste / escribiste Comió/ escribióComieron / escribieron
LET’S TRY SOME DIFFERENT VERBS I sang We played They ate You (familiar) spoke She ran He bought You (formal) wrote
PRETERITE PART II There are also irregular verbs in the preterite tense: ir, ser, dar, hacer IR- to go/to have gone Ser- to be/ to have been (This is not a typo, ser and ir have the same exact conjugations) FuiFuimos Fuiste FueFueron
DAR-TO GIVE, TO HAVE GIVEN DiDimos Diste DioDieron
HACER-TO DO/TO HAVE DONE hicehicimos hiciste hizohicieron
TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: Yesterday, I went to the store. Zach cleaned the car. KD wrote a letter. Katy bought a book. Mikayla studied for Spanish.
¿PREGUNTAS OR COMENTARIOS? ¡Adios!