6. 5A Preterite/Imperfect

Question 1

preterite ar yo regular

Answer 1

é

Question 2

preterite ar tú regular

Answer 2

aste

Question 3

preterite ar él regular

Answer 3

ó

Question 4

preterite ar nosotros regular

Answer 4

amos

Question 5

preterite ar ellos regular

Answer 5

aron

Question 6

Do ar verbs stem change in the preterite?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

What are the three irregular endings in ar preterite?

Answer 7

car gar zar

Question 8

What are the yo endings of the three irregular endings in ar preterite?

Answer 8

qué gué cé

Question 9

preterite er/ir yo regular

Answer 9

í

Question 10

preterite er/ir tú regular

Answer 10

iste

Question 11

preterite er/ir él regular

Answer 11

ió

Question 12

preterite er/ir nosotros regular

Answer 12

imos

Question 13

preterite er/ir ellos regular

Answer 13

ieron

Question 14

What is the only type of verb which is different in the preterite from the present nosotros form?

Answer 14

er- usually it would be emos in the present nosotros, but it is imos in the preterite nosotros. ir and ar verbs when conjugated to nosotros are identical to their present forms.

Question 15

What is the only tense to retain stem changes in the preterite?

Answer 15

ir- although the stem change only occurs in the third person forms and is usually abbreviated from (o, ue), as in dormir, to (ue, u), or from (i, ie) to (ie, e) as in preferir. The stem change (e, i) remains the same.

Question 16

Conjugate and define dar in the preterite

Answer 16

to give, di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron

Question 17

Conjugate and define ver in the preterite

Answer 17

to see, vi, viste, vio, vimos, vieron

Question 18

Which verb(s) is/are conjugated as fue in the él form? Provide the definition(s) and other conjugations.

Answer 18

ir: to go
ser: to be
fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron

Question 19

Which verb endings change have the (y, i) stem change in the preterite? Which conjugation(s) does it affect?

Answer 19

aer, eer, and uir, as well as the verb oír

third person forms

Question 20

Explain the (y, i) preterite stem change

Answer 20

In order to deal with the triple vowels created when a er or ir stem ending in a vowel is conjugated in the preterite third person, the first “i” of the conjugated ending is changed to a y:
caer- stem: ca, ending: ió/ieron, would be: caió/caieron (too many vowels together, which naturally fit an annunciated i or y sound), becomes: cayó/cayeron

Question 21

Explain any accent changes in (y, i) preterite verbs

Answer 21

all “i”s are accented in aer and eer preterite conjuations, as well as in every conjugation of oír, and on the ó of the third person singular ending
only the í of the yo conjugation and the ó of the third person singular conjugation are accented in -uir verbs, following the regular pattern

Question 22

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of andar?

Answer 22

anduve, to walk

Question 23

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of tener?

Answer 23

tuve, to have

Question 24

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of estar?

Answer 24

estuve, to be

Question 25

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of poder?

Answer 25

pude, succeeded in, managed to

Question 26

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of poner?

Answer 26

puse, to put/place

Question 27

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of saber?

Answer 27

supe, found out

Question 28

What are the endings of irregular preterite verbs?

Answer 28

e, iste, o, imos, ieron

Question 29

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of hacer?

Answer 29

hice, to be able to

Question 30

What is the third person singular form of hacer in the preterite?

Answer 30

hizo

Question 31

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of querer?

Answer 31

quise, tried to (negative, refused to)

Question 32

What is the preterite yo conjugation and definition of venir?

Answer 32

vine, to come

Question 33

What is the preterite ellos conjugation and definition of conducir?

Answer 33

condujeron, to drive

Question 34

What is the preterite ellos conjugation and definition of decir?

Answer 34

dijeron, to say/tell

Question 35

What is the preterite ellos conjugation and definition of producir?

Answer 35

produjeron, to produce

Question 36

What is the preterite ellos conjugation and definition of traducir?

Answer 36

tradujeron, to translate

Question 37

What is the preterite ellos conjugation and definition of traer?

Answer 37

trajeron, to bring

Question 38

imperfect ar yo

Answer 38

aba

Question 39

imperfect ar tú

Answer 39

abas

Question 40

imperfect ar él

Answer 40

aba

Question 41

imperfect ar nosotros

Answer 41

ábamos

Question 42

imperfect ar ellos

Answer 42

aban

Question 43

imperfect er/ir yo

Answer 43

ía

Question 44

imperfect er/ir tú

Answer 44

ías

Question 45

imperfect er/ir él

Answer 45

ía

Question 46

imperfect er/ir nosotros

Answer 46

íamos

Question 47

imperfect er/ir ellos

Answer 47

ían

Question 48

imperfect ser conjugations

Answer 48

era, eras, era, éramos, eran

Question 49

imperfect ir (the verb) conjugations

Answer 49

iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban

Question 50

imperfect ver conjugations

Answer 50

veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veían

Question 51

What is conocer's definition in the present and in the preterite?

Answer 51

present: to know, to be acquainted with (using a) preterite: met

Question 52

What is the difference between había and hubo?

Answer 52

They are both past tense forms of haber. Hubo is preterite and describes events, occurrences, actions: there was a storm, there was an explosion. Había is imperfect and is for past tense description: there was smoke, there were people in the streets, there was a lot of wind.