Preterite Tense.

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Preterite Tense

Preterite Tense Preterite is one of two indicative past tenses Conjugation method is same as present tense Identify type of infinitive (-AR, -ER, -IR) Drop the last two letters from infinitive Add the endings that correspond to the subject AR ER / IR é amos í imos aste asteis iste isteis ó aron ió ieron

Preterite Tense Preterite is one of two indicative past tenses Conjugation method is same as present tense Identify type of infinitive (-AR, -ER, -IR) Drop the last two letters from infinitive Add the endings that correspond to the subject AR HABLAR é amos hablé hablamos aste asteis hablaste hablasteis ó aron habló hablaron

Preterite Tense Preterite is one of two indicative past tenses Conjugation method is same as present tense Identify type of infinitive (-AR, -ER, -IR) Drop the last two letters from infinitive Add the endings that correspond to the subject ER/IR COMER í imos comí comimos iste isteis comiste comisteis ió ieron comió comieron

Preterite Tense - Spelling Changes The preterite does not stem change like the present The preterite does have several spelling changes Some ER/IR verbs follow “Old McDonald” in which any sequence of e-i-e-i-o will change the i to y CREER creí creímos creíste creísteis creyó creyeron LEER leí leímos leíste leísteis leyó leyeron

Preterite Tense - Spelling Changes The preterite does not stem change like the present The preterite does have several spelling changes IR verbs with a present tense stem change will undergo a half-change in the third person PEDIR pedí pedimos pediste pedisteis pidió pidieron DORMIR dormí dormimos dormiste dormisteis durmió durmieron

Preterite Tense - Spelling Changes The preterite does not stem change like the present The preterite does have several spelling changes Some AR verbs have a spelling change in the yo form -car infinitives need to preserve the hard /k/ sound buscar /k/ like cargo buscé /s/ like cerveza busqué /k/ like queso BUSCAR busqué buscamos buscaste buscó buscaron

Preterite Tense - Spelling Changes The preterite does not stem change like the present The preterite does have several spelling changes Some AR verbs have a spelling change in the yo form -gar infinitives need to preserve the hard /g/ sound pagar /g/ like garaje pagé /x/ like gente pagué /g/ like guerra PAGAR pagué pagamos pagaste pagó pagaron

Preterite Tense - Spelling Changes The preterite does not stem change like the present The preterite does have several spelling changes Some AR verbs have a spelling change in the yo form -zar infinitives need to preserve a unique /s/ sound empezar /s/ like zarpar empezé /ś/ (archaic) empecé /s/ like centavo EMPEZAR empecé empezamos empezaste empezó empezaron

Preterite Tense - Irregular There are eight or so irregulars whose endings can usually be distilled from the regular endings AR REGULAR ER / IR é amos í imos aste iste ó aron ió ieron IRREGULAR e imos iste o ieron

Preterite Tense - Irregular There are eight or so irregulars whose endings can usually be distilled from the regular endings These irregular preterites also have different stems: IRREGULAR PRETERITE hacer hic- tener tuv- dar d- poder pud- estar estuv- ver v- poner pus- saber sup- e imos i querer quis- iste venir vin- o ieron io decir dij- traer traj-

Preterite Tense - Irregular There are eight or so irregulars whose endings can usually be distilled from the regular endings These irregular preterites also have different stems For example: HACER hice hicimos hiciste hizo hicieron DAR di dimos diste dio dieron Note that hacer changes from c to z in the 3rd person to preserve its sound. Other verbs do not have to do this.

Preterite Tense - Irregular There are eight or so irregulars whose endings can usually be distilled from the regular endings These irregular preterites also have different stems For example (note these in particular): (ESTAR) & TENER (es)tuve (es)tuvimos (es)tuviste (es)tuvo (es)tuvieron SER & IR (a) fui fuimos fuiste fue fueron

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