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The Preterite By: Anna Faltermeier

The Preterite By: Anna Faltermeier. Uses of the Preterite Tell about the beginning or the end of a past action Express an action that is viewed as completed

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Page 1: The Preterite By: Anna Faltermeier. Uses of the Preterite Tell about the beginning or the end of a past action Express an action that is viewed as completed

The PreteriteBy: Anna Faltermeier

Page 2: The Preterite By: Anna Faltermeier. Uses of the Preterite Tell about the beginning or the end of a past action Express an action that is viewed as completed

Uses of the Preterite

•Tell about the beginning or the end of a past action

•Express an action that is viewed as completed

•Express a series of completed actions

Page 3: The Preterite By: Anna Faltermeier. Uses of the Preterite Tell about the beginning or the end of a past action Express an action that is viewed as completed

Regular Verbs in the Preterite

tomar comer vivirtomé comí viví tomaste comiste vivistetomó comió viviótomamos comimos vivimostomasteis comisteis vivisteistomaron comieron vivieron

*(notice accents only are on yo & ud. Form)*

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Some verbs are stem-changing in the

present, but not in the preteritevolver entender despertar

volví entendí desperté

volviste entendiste despertaste

volvió entendió despertó

volvimos entendimos despertamos

volvisteis entendisteis despertasteis

volvieron entendieron despertaron

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Hot Dog Verbs• It is always an -ir verb• There is only a stem change in the

third person singular and plural forms

• Some hot dog verbs include: pedir, repetir, seguir, divertir(se), sonreír, reír, and servir

Examples on the next slide

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Examples of Hot Examples of Hot Dog VerbsDog Verbspreferirpreferir vestirvestir servir servir

preferí vestí servípreferí vestí serví

preferiste vestiste servistepreferiste vestiste serviste

prefirió vistió sirvióprefirió vistió sirvió

preferimos vestimos servimospreferimos vestimos servimos

preferisteis vestisteis servisteispreferisteis vestisteis servisteis

prefirieron vistieron sirvieronprefirieron vistieron sirvieron

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“j” verbsconducir *Some other “j” verbs* :

conduje traer &decir condujiste

condujo *THE ENDINGS ARE THE

condujimos SAME, EXCEPT FOR THE

condujisteis UDS. FORM!!!!!*

condujeron

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“u” verbsestarestar ponerponer sabersaber

estuve puse supeestuve puse supe

estuviste pusiste supisteestuviste pusiste supiste

estuvo puso supoestuvo puso supo

estuvimos pusimos supimosestuvimos pusimos supimos

estuvisteis pusisteis supisteisestuvisteis pusisteis supisteis

estuvieron pusieron supieronestuvieron pusieron supieron

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Some other “u” verbs..

A couple other commonly used u verbs include: tener and poder

(change to: -tuv & -pud)

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“i” verbsquerer *Some other “i”

verbs quise include: hacer quisiste &quiso venirquisimos quisisteis quisieron

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In the Preterite ser In the Preterite ser & ir conjugate & ir conjugate

identicallyidentically ser/irser/ir

fuifui

fuistefuiste

fuefue

fuimosfuimos

fuisteisfuisteis

fueronfueron

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leer & ver are weird!!

Leer ver leí vi *dar is

same

leíste viste as ver but

leyó vio with a “d”*

leímos vimosleísteis visteisleyeron vieron

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Some verb conjugations have

different meanings in the preteritesupe: I found out

conocí: I met (for the first time)pude: I couldquise: I tried

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That’s the preterite!!!

The End