How do I talk about a specific past action or event? La Pregunta ? ? How do I talk about a specific past action or event?

Talking about specific past actions or events En Español / El Preterito (The Preterite) Talking about specific past actions or events En Español

Uses of the Preterite “Tell What Happened” Specific past event/action Physical action Beginning/End of an event/action An interrupting action He ran. I jumped. You sang. We laughed.

Conjugations of the Preterite Verbs that end in… -ar -er/-ir -é -amos -í -imos -iste -isteis -aste -asteis -ió -ieron -ó -aron

Conjugate the verb HABLAR using your preterite endings. Try it! Conjugate the verb HABLAR using your preterite endings. HABL AR -- HABL É HABL AMOS HABL ASTE HABL ASTEIS HABL Ó HABL ARON

Conjugate the verb COMER using your preterite endings. Now Try… Conjugate the verb COMER using your preterite endings. -- COM ER COM Í COM IMOS COM ISTE COM ISTEIS COM IÓ COM IERON

Conjugate the verb VIVIR using your preterite endings. And Finally.. Conjugate the verb VIVIR using your preterite endings. -- VIV IR VIV Í VIV IMOS VIV ISTE VIV ISTEIS VIV IÓ VIV IERON

-Car -Gar -Zar car Sa Ju gar To car Empe zar zar Comen Words that end in –car, -gar, or –zar have a spelling change in the preterit yo-form of the verb. car Sa Empe zar Ju gar zar To Comen car

In the YO-Form of a –car/-gar/-zar verb, a spelling change takes place before adding the regular –ar ending of the verb. This is to preserve the sound that the letters make in the original verb before conjugation.

-Car -Gar -Zar For example: X Sacar  Sacé Sacar  c c Sa é qu Saqué

-Car -Gar -Zar For example: Jugar  Jugé X Jugar  g g Ju é gu Jugué

Empecé c X -Car -Gar -Zar Empezar  Empezé Empezar  z z Empe é For example: X Empezar  Empezé Empezar  z z Empe é Empecé c

-car: c  qu -gar: g  gu -zar: z  c -Car -Gar -Zar Words that end in –car, -gar, or –zar have a spelling change in the preterit yo-form of the verb. -car: c  qu -gar: g  gu -zar: z  c

-é -Car -Gar -Zar Since they’re all –ar verbs, Simply add your preterit –ar ending after you’ve made the spelling change in the yo-form. -é

Now You Try! TOC AR -- TO QU É TOC AMOS TOC ASTE TOC ASTEIS TOC Ó TOC Conjugate the verb TOCAR using your preterite endings. Don’t forget your spell change in the yo-form! TOC AR -- TO QU É TOC AMOS TOC ASTE TOC ASTEIS TOC Ó TOC ARON

Now You Try! JUG AR -- JU GU É JUG AMOS JUG ASTE JUG ASTEIS JUG Ó JUG Conjugate the verb JUGAR using your preterite endings. Don’t forget your spell change in the yo-form! JUG AR -- JU GU É JUG AMOS JUG ASTE JUG ASTEIS JUG Ó JUG ARON

Now You Try! COMENZ AR -- COMEN C É COMENZ AMOS COMENZ ASTE COMENZ Conjugate the verb COMENZAR using your preterite endings. Don’t forget your spell change in the yo-form! COMENZ AR -- COMEN C É COMENZ AMOS COMENZ ASTE COMENZ ASTEIS COMENZ Ó COMENZ ARON

Irregular verbs in the preterit dar Ser ver ¡NO ACCENTS ANYWHERE! Irregular verbs in the preterit

Ir dar Ser ver These four verbs have irregular conjugations. Rather than chopping off the endings of these verbs and adding on new ones, learn the following conjugations of each verb.

Ir Ir dar - Ser To Go ver fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron

Ir - To Go fui fui mos fuiste fuiste is fue fue ron

Guess what?!

Ir ser - To Go be They’re the SAME! fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron

The conjugations of Ir and Ser are the SAME in the PRETERIT!! That’s Right! The conjugations of Ir and Ser are the SAME in the PRETERIT!!

SEr Ir - To Go be fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron

Ir dar ver Ser ver The only irregular thing about Ver in the preterit is that it doesn’t have any accents.

ver ¡NO ACCENTS! vi vimos viste visteis vio vieron

Dar and Ver are very similar in the preterit.

Da ve r d v i d v imos d v iste d v isteis d v io d v ieron

Irregular verbs in the preterit dar Ser ver ¡NO ACCENTS ANYWHERE! Irregular verbs in the preterit

“Just Plain Weird” Verbs Etapa 1.2 “Just Plain Weird” Verbs

“Just Plain Weird” verbs Andar – To walk To be Estar – To have Tener – To be able Poder – To put/place Poner – To know Saber – To come Venir – To want Querer –

“Just Plain Weird” Stems Andar : Anduv- Estuv- Estar : Tuv- Tener : Pud- Poder : Pus- Poner : Sup- Saber : Vin- Venir : Quis- Querer :

Conjugations of the Preterite Verbs that end in… -ar -er/-ir -é -amos -í -imos -iste -isteis -aste -asteis -ió -ieron -ó -aron

Just Plain Weird Endings -ar New endings -er/-ir -e -amos -í -imos -iste -isteis -aste -asteis -ió -ieron -o -aron

“Just Plain Weird” endings -imos -iste -isteis -o -ieron NO ACCENTS NO ACCENTS

“Just Plain Weird” CONJUGATIONS STEM + ENDINGS anduv- estuv- tuv- pud- pus- sup- vin- quis- -e -imos -iste -isteis -o -ieron

Conjugate the verb ESTAR in the preterite in your notes. Let’s Conjugate! Conjugate the verb ESTAR in the preterite in your notes. estuve estuvimos estuviste estuvisteis estuvo estuvieron

Let’s Conjugate! Conjugate the verb SABER in the preterite in your notes. Check your conjugations with your partner.

Let’s Conjugate! supe supimos supiste supisteis supo supieron How’d you do? supe supimos supiste supisteis supo supieron

Read and translate these sentences to English: ¡Traducimos! Read and translate these sentences to English: Marta anduvo por el parque. ¡Tu tuviste tres galletas! Nosotros supimos la respuesta. Yo quise mirar beisbol. Ellos no pudieron ir al cine.

Read and translate these sentences to English: ¡Traducimos! Read and translate these sentences to English: Marta walked through the park. You had three cookies! We knew the answer. I wanted to watch baseball. They could not go to the movies.

Write these sentences in Spanish: ¡Traducimos! Write these sentences in Spanish: They wanted to eat lunch. I was in the office. We set the table. You came to my school. Maria walked to Sara’s house.

Write these sentences in Spanish: ¡Traducimos! Write these sentences in Spanish: Ellos quisieron comer el almuerzo. Yo estuve en la oficina. Nosotros pusimos la mesa. Tu viniste a mi escuela. Maria anduvo a la casa de Sara.

¡Tarea! Now that you know the 8 Just Plain Weird preterite verbs, your homework is: Conjugate all 8 verbs in the preterite in your notes. Do activity #10, p. 58 in your book. You must write your answers in complete sentences.

These verbs share similar endings to the Just Plain Weird Verbs J-stem Preterit Verbs There are a handful of verbs that when conjugated in the preterit, they take on the letter ‘j’. These verbs share similar endings to the Just Plain Weird Verbs

J-stem Verbs Traer – To bring To tell Decir – To drive Conducir – To produce Producir – To translate Traducir –

J-stem Verb Stems Traer : traj- dij- Decir : conduj- Conducir : produj- Producir : traduj- Traducir :

“J-Stem” endings -e -imos -iste -isteis -o -ieron NO ACCENTS X

“J-Stem” Preterit CONJUGATIONS STEM + ENDINGS traj- dij- conduj- produj- traduj- -e -imos -iste -isteis -o -eron

Conjugate the verb Traer in the preterit in your notes. Try it! Conjugate the verb Traer in the preterit in your notes. traje trajimos trajiste trajisteis trajo trajeron

Conjugate the Decir in the preterit in your notes. Try it! Conjugate the Decir in the preterit in your notes. dije dijimos dijiste dijisteis dijo dijeron

Read and translate these sentences to English: ¡Traducimos! Read and translate these sentences to English: Marta trajo su perro al parque. ¡¿Tu me dijiste una mentira?! Nosotros condujimos a la escuela. Yo traduje los letreros a inglés. Ellos no produjeron la película.

¡Traducimos! Marta brought her dog to the park. You told me a lie?! We drove to school. I translated the sign to English. They did not produce the movie.

Read and translate these sentences to Spanish: ¡Traducimos! Read and translate these sentences to Spanish: I drove to school in a blue car. He told his mother the truth. We produced the program in Spanish. You brought me a present. Raúl y Emilio translated the book in Spanish.

¡Traducimos! Conduje a la escuela en un coche azul. Él le dijo la verdad a su madre. Produjimos el programa en español. Tú me trajiste un regalo. Raúl y Emilio tradujeron el libro en español.

Conjugate all 5 J-stem verbs into your notes. Tarea Conjugate all 5 J-stem verbs into your notes. Traer Decir Conducir Producir Traducir

Stem-changing Preterit Verbs E  I O U

In the Present Tense where did we make stem-spelling changes?

That’s Right! In the “Boot”.

Present Day Soldiers Wear BOOTS on their feet. In the past, the soldiers wore…

Similiarly, present tense stem changers take place in the boot While past tense preterit verbs take the stem change in only the sandal of the shoe.

In the Past or PreteritTense stem-spelling changes occur in the “sandal” of the shoe. E-> I / O-> U E-> I / O-> U

Stem-Spell Change Verbs To compete Competir - To sleep Dormir – To die Morir – To ask Pedir – To prefer Preferir – Repetir – To repeat To Serve Servir –

Stem-Spell Change Verbs e  i Competir - o  u Dormir – o  u Morir – e  i Pedir – e  i Preferir – Repetir – e  i e  i Servir –

Conjugate the verb Repetir in the preterit in your notes. Try it! Conjugate the verb Repetir in the preterit in your notes. repetí repetimos repetiste repetisteis repitió repitieron

Conjugate the verb Dormir in the preterit in your notes. Try it! Conjugate the verb Dormir in the preterit in your notes. dormí dormimos dormiste dormisteis durmió durmieron

Stem-Spell Changes IY To believe Creer - To read Leer – To hear Oír – iy

Conjugate the verb Leer in the preterit in your notes. Try it! Conjugate the verb Leer in the preterit in your notes. leí leimos leiste leisteis leyó leyeron