1. Spanish II

2. AR verbs _É_Amos _Aste_Asteis _Ó_Aron

3. IR/ER verbs _í_imos _iste(isteis) _ióieron

4. When do we use it???? Actions that were completed in the past. Actions that were completed at a specific time in the past Actions that occurred a specific number of times in the past.

5. How do we conjugate it? Just like normal Take the verb ex: (yo) Hablar Drop the ending: Habl Add the ending: Hablé

6. Let’s try a couple Aprender – to learn Escribir– to write Hablar- to speak

7. Stem changers Forget about the stem-changers you learned about in the present tense. They don’t change in the preterit.

8. CAR/GAR/ZAR Verbs that end with these letters change a bit in the yo form only

9. So here is the rule Only happens in the yo form! C---qu G---gu Z—c

10. The changes Ex) Buscar—busqué Pagar– pagué Almorzar-- Almorcé