Los verbos pretéritos

Uses:

• Completed actions in the past (I went, I drank, I ate, I played)

• Actions with a time frame (Last week, yesterday, three years ago)

Past tense

Los verbos pretéritos

Regular verbsAR

Los verbos pretéritos

Escuchar – to listenTake off AR

EscuchEscuchEscuch

EscuchEscuchEscuch

éaste

ó

amosasteisaron

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IYouHe/she

WeYou (pl)They

AR

Los verbos pretéritos

Regular verbsER & IR

Los verbos pretéritos

Comer – to eatTake off / IR ER

ComComCom

ComComCom

íiste

ió

imosisteisieron

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IYouHe/she

WeYou (pl)They

ER/IR

Los verbos pretéritos

Irregular verbsPattern

Los verbos pretéritos

Use hacer as a model

HiceHicisteHizoHicimosHicisteisHicieron

Apply same ending to irregular stems

TuvPudEstuvAnduvPusSupQuis

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I hadI couldI wasI walkedI putI knewI wantede

No

acce

nts

on ir

regu

lars

IRREGULAR

Los verbos pretéritos

Irregular verbsCar and Gar verbs

Los verbos pretéritos

Gar verbs change to GUE in the first person only.

Llegar – to arrive Tocar – to play (instrument)

Llegué = I arrivedLlegaste = You arrived

Car verbs change to QUE in the first person only.

Toqué = I played Tocaste = You played

Gar / Car

Pagar = to pay / jugar = to play / pegar = to stick / plegar = to fold

Sacar = to take (out) / pescar = to fish / buscar = to look for / acercar = to approach

Los verbos pretéritos

Irregular verbsTotal Irregular

Los verbos pretéritos

Ir / ser DarFui Di

Fuiste DisteFue Dio

Fuimos DimosFuisteis DisteisFueron Dieron

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IRREGULAR