Preterit Flashcards

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1
Q

When do you use the preterit?

A
  • to talk about past events, actions, and conditions that are viewed as completed or ended
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Conjugations: AR

A

é amos
aste
ó aron

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Conjugations: ER/IR

A

í imos
iste
ió ieron

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Stem changing verbs ending in AR and ER don not have stem change in the preterit.

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Ex) pensar: pensé pensamos
pensaste
pensó pensaron

Ex) volver: volví volvimos
volviste
volvió volvieron

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5
Q

What endings in the YO form of preterite have spelling changes?

A
  • car
  • gar
  • zar
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Conjugate: sacar

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saqué sacamos
sacaste
sacó sacaron

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Conjugate: llegar

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llegué llegamos
llegaste
llegó llegaron

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Conjugate: empezar

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empecé empezamos
empezaste
empezó empezaron

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Expressions to use with the preterit to denote when an event took place.

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anoche ---- last night
anteayer ---- day before yesterday
ante(a)noche ---- the night before last
ayer ---- yesterday
el año/mes pasado ---- last year/month
la semana pasada ---- last week
una semana atrás ---- a week ago
hace un día/mes/año (que) ---- it has been a day/month/year since
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Preterit of SER and IR

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fui fuimos
fuiste
fue fueron

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Preterit forms of regular ER and IR verbs whose stem end in a vowel, the preterit ending for él/ella and ustedes form is -yó and -yeron

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Ex) Leer: leí leímos
leíste
leyó leyeron

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Stem changing IR verbs change E to I and O to U in the EL/ ELLA/ USTED and USTEDES/ELLOS/AS forms

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Ex) preferir, dormir, morir, pedir, seguir, etc.

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Conjugate: preferir

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preferí preferimos
preferiste
prefirió prefirieron

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Conjugate: dormir

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dormí dormimos
dormiste
durmió durmieron

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Irregular Preterits: Hacer, Querer, and Venir have an I in the preterit stem.

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Hacer: hice hicimos
hiciste
hizo hicieron

Querer: quise quisimos
quisiste
quiso quisieron

Venir: vine vinimos
viniste
vino vinieron

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Irregular Preterits: Estar, tener, poder, poner, and saber have a U in the preterit stem.

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Estar: estuve estuvimos
estuviste
estuvo estuvieron

Tener: tuve tuvimos
tuviste
tuvo tuvieron

Poder: pude pudimos
pudiste
pudo pudieron

Poner: puse pusimos
pusiste
puso pusieron

Saber: supe supimos
supiste
supo supieron

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Irregular Preterit: The verbs decir, traer, and verbs ending in -ducir have a J in the stem and use the ending -ERON instead of -ieron.

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Decir: dije dijimos
dijiste
dijo dijeron

Traer: traje trajimos
trajiste
trajo trajeron