Álamo. * in this chapter you will learn about the preterit, one of two simple past tenses in...
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*In this chapter you will learn about the preterit, one of two simple past tenses in Spanish.
*The preterit tense is used to express:
*An action that is terminated or completed at a given point in the past
*An action or state that occupies a limited period of time
*An action with a specific and indicated beginning or ending
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*1. An action that is terminated or completed.Me casé en 1981.
Alfredo salió para España ayer.
*2. An action or state that occupies a limited period of time.
Lorena estudió por dos horas.Llovió todo el día.
*An action with a specific and indicated beginning or ending.
El concierto comenzó a las siete.
Empecé a trabajar en el proyecto ayer.
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-ar -er/-ir
-é -amos -í -imos
-aste x -iste x
-ó -aron -ió -ieron
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*Just as with present tense verbs, we always start with the stem of the verb.
*The first-person plural, or nosotros, form of -ar verbs is the same in the preterit as in the present tense. This does not normally cause confusion since context usually clarifies the meaning.
*-ir verbs conjugate exactly like -er verbs.
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Hablar trabajar escribir creer
Comer escuchar recibir examinar
Necesitar tomar vivir abrir
Mirar cantar subir recetar
Comprar preparar pasar esquiar
Usar aprender gustar
llevar
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*Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and –zar
*Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar have the following spelling changes in the first-person singular (yo form)of the preterit. All other forms of these verbs are conjugated regularly.
*c qu Example: buscar
Busqué buscamosbuscaste xbuscó buscaron
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*g gu Example: llegar
Llegué llegamosllegaste xllegó llegaron
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*z c Example: almorzar
Almorcé almorzamos
Almorzaste x
Almorzó almorzaron
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*Explicar
*Practicar
*Tocar
*Jugar
*Pagar
*empezar
*Abrazar
*rezar
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