2. Dije-I said El bolsillo-the pocket Regañarme-ground me Novio-boyfriend Me paso por completo-I dont care Aguantar-to cope

3. The Preterite (Past) Tense How do we form it?

4. First of all lets look at verbs that end in -ar: visitar (to visit) comprar (to buy) preguntar (to ask) escuchar (to listen) cerrar (to close) hablar (to speak) These are all shown in the infinitive

5. Then take off the ar and add the appropriate endings: visit- compr- pregunt- escuch- cerr- habl- -éfor I -astefor you sing. -ófor he/she/it -amosfor we -asteisfor you plural -aronfor they

6. For example: I visited visitarvisit + é =visité

7. And then … you bought compr + aste = compraste He/She asked pregunt + ó = preguntó We listened escuch + amos = escuchamos You (all) didnt close no cerr + asteis = no cerrasteis Did they speak? ¿ habl + aron ?= ¿ hablaron ?

8. Now lets look at verbs that end in –er and -ir: beber (to drink) entender (to understand) llover (to rain) comer (to eat) vivir (to live) abrir (to open) These are all shown in the infinitive

9. Then we take off the er/ir and add the appropriate endings: beb- entend- llov- com- viv- abr- -ífor I -istefor you sing. -iófor he/she/it -imosfor we -isteisfor you plural -ieronfor they

10. For example: I drank beberbeb + í =bebí

11. And then … You understood entend + iste = entendiste It rained llov + ió = llovió We ate com + imos = comimos You (all) didnt live no viv + isteis = no vivisteis Did they open? ¿ abr + ieron ?= ¿ abrieron ?

12. Now lets try and work some out! (Heres a reminder of the endings) -í for I -iste for you sing. -ió for he/she/it -imos for we -isteis for you plural -ieron for they asistir coincidir volver barrer oler doler meter

13. Ir (to go) : –fui= I went –fuiste= you went –fue= he/she/it went –fuimos= we went –fuisteis= you (all) went –fueron= they went hacer (to do/make) : –hice= I did/made –hiciste= you did/made –hizo= he/she/it did –hicimos= we did/made –hicisteis= you (all) did –hicieron= they did/made However, most common -er/-ir verbs have irregular stems and have to be learnt by heart!

14. tener (to have) : –tuve= I had –tuviste= you had –tuvo= he/she/it had –tuvimos= we had –tuvisteis= you (all) had –tuvieron= they had ver (to see/watch) : –vi= I saw/watched –viste= you saw/watched –vio= he/she/it saw –vimos= we saw/watched –visteis= you (all) saw –vieron= they saw/watched

15. ser (to be) : –fui= I was –fuiste= you were –fue= he/she/it was –fuimos= we were –fuisteis= you (all) were –fueron= they were estar (to be) : –estuve= I was –estuviste= you were –estuvo= he/she/it was –estuvimos= we were –estuvisteis= you (all) were –estuvieron= they were