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Preterite
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Preterite is a form of past tense example I went.
Preterite is seen as completed.
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-ar endings é aste ó amos asteis aron
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Hablar é aste ó habl amos asteis aron habl habl habl habl habl
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Conjugate caminar Caminé Caminaste Caminó Caminamos Caminasteis
caminaron
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What does each conjugation mean?
Caminé Caminamos Caminaste Caminasteis Caminó Caminaron I walked I did walk We walked We did walk You walked You did walk You all walked You all did walk He walked He did walk They walked They did walk
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What do you notice about the preterit AR endings?
Accent marks matter! The nosotros is the same in present tense. So how can you tell when it’s present or preterit tense? nadamos en la piscina hoy. nadamos en la piscina ayer.
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Vamos a practicar I walked last night Did you listen to the teacher?
They did practice soccer yesterday Yo caminé anoche ¿Escuchaste a la profesora? Practicaron futbol ayer
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practiqué Rule Breakers <<K Ay>> Qué Conjugate practicar
What kind of sound does the “c” make in the colored boxes? ca/co make a hard “c” What does “ce” sound like in the white box? <<S AY>> How do they preserve the hard “c” ?...they modify it! practicé practicamos practicaste practicasteis practicó practicaron practiqué <<K Ay>> Qué
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So… Rule #1 In the “Yo” form, the C Qu.
We call this a Car verb because it happens with verbs that end in “car”
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What happens if a verb ends in gar?
Conjugate jugar How does the “g” sound in the pink boxes? This is called a hard “g” What does the “g” sound like in the white box? <<H Ay>> How do they keep the sound fluid?... Modify it! jugé jugamos jugaste jugasteis jugó jugaron jugué <<G AY>> Gué
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Rule #2 If the verb ends in GAR, the “yo” form changes from a G GU to preserve the sound
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What happens if a verb ends in zar?
Conjugate empezar How does the “z” sound in the pink boxes? This is called a hard “z” What does the “z” sound like in the white box? <<Th Ay>> How do they keep the sound fluid?... Modify it! empezé empezamos empezaste empezasteis empezó empezaron empecé <<S AY>> Cé
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Rule #3 If the verb ends in ZAR, the “yo” form changes from a Z C to preserve the sound.
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Gar, car, zar verbs in Yo End with: gar=> gué car => qué
zar => cé
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