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Conjugations-Preterite Flashcards

0
Q

Conjugation of regular verbs in the preterite:

-er and -ir verbs

A

Drop the -er and -ir infinitive ending, and add the following:

  • í
  • iste
  • ió
  • ímos
  • ieron
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Conjugation of regular verbs in the preterite:

-ar verbs

A

Drop the -ar infinitive ending, and add:

  • é
  • aste
  • ó
  • amos*
  • aron
  • the nosotros form is identical in the preterite and the present tenses for -ar verbs.
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Conjugate in the preterite tense:

hablar

A 
hablé
hablaste
habló
hablamos
hablaron
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Conjugate in the preterite tense:

comer

A 
comí
comiste
comió
comimos
comieron
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Conjugate in the preterite tense:

abrir

A 
abrí
abriste
abrió
abrimos
abrieron
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this morning

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esta mañana

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this afternoon

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esta tarde

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yesterday

A

ayer

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yesterday morning

A

ayer por la mañana

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yesterday afternoon

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ayer por la tarde

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last night

A

anoche

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last Saturday

A

el sábado pasado

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last week

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la semana pasada

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last month

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el mes pasado

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last year

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el año pasado

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two days ago

A

hace dos días

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a month ago

A

hace un mes

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There are three orthographic (spelling) changes that affect regular verbs in the preterite in the first-person singular (yo) form only. All other conjugated forms remain regular in the preterite.

Note: These changes are made to retain the original sounds present in the infinitives.

A
  • gar: gué
  • car: qué
  • zar: cé
18
Q

Conjugate in the preterite tense:

llegar

A 
llegué
llegaste
llegó
llegamos
llegaron
19
Q

Conjugate in the preterite tense:

practicar

A 
practiqué
practicaste
practicó
practicamos
practicaron
20
Q

Conjugate in the preterite tense:

empezar

A 
empecé
empezaste
empezó
empezamos
empezaron
21
Q

Conjugation of several common irregular verbs.

Note: These verbs also use a special set of endings for different verbs.

A
  • e
  • iste
  • o
  • imos
  • ieron

(There are no accent marks on these irregular endings.)

22
Q

Some verbs that have uv in the irregular preterite stem:

estar

tener

A 
estuve
estuviste
estuvo
estuvimos
estuvieron
tuve
tuviste
tuvo
tuvimos
tuvieron
23
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Some verbs that have u in the irregular preterite stem:

poder

saber

A 
pude
pudiste
pudo
pudimos
pudieron
supe
supiste
supo
supimos
supieron
24
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Some verbs that have i in the irregular preterite stem:

hacer

querer

venir

A 
hice
hiciste
hizo
hicimos
hicieron
quise
quisiste
quiso
quisimos
quisieron
vine
viniste
vino
vinimos
vinieron

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