Preterite Tense (i Did) Flashcards

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What is the usage of the preterite tense?

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To describe a single completed action. Need it for narrative accounts and report of past events, and also to refer to single events in the past.
E.g. el partido acabó a las once - the match finished at 11
¿Cómo reaccionaste al ver su película? - How did you react when you saw this film?

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How do you form regular verbs?

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AR - é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron
ER,IR - í, site, ió, imos, isteis, ieron

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How do you form irregular verbs? E.g. tener, poder, poner, querer, ser, estar, andar, traer, conducir etc…

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Ser, ir (fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron) (use context to work out whether it’s ser or ir being used)
Tener - tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron
Estar - estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron
Andar - anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieron
Decir - dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeron
Traer - traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron
Conducir - conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujisteis, condujeron
Dar - di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron
Hacer - hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron
poder - pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron
poner - puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusisteis, pusieron
querer - quise, quisiste, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron
venir - vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron
ver - vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron

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How to form a compound verb with irregular verbs?

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Based on the irregular verbs they have the same irregular patterns as the verbs on which they are based.
hacer - deshacer, satisfacer
poner - componer, disponer, exponer, imponer, proponer, suponer
tener - contener, detener, mantener, obtener, sostener
traer - atraer, contraer, distraer, sustraer
venir - convenir, intervenir
conducir - introducir, producir
The pretérito of hay is hubo but because the pretérito is used for events not for ongoing situations or descriptions when you want to say there was/ there were you use imperfect form había

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