The PreteriteTense

El Pretérito:is a past tense (“-ed”)

talks about what happened is a completed action action repeated specific number of times action that has a clear beginning and/or ending

In order to conjugate in preterite tense, you will use the same system

as present tense:

Tomar—in present we keep the stem which is TOMThen we add the appropriate ending

EX Present: Tomar(yo)= TomoEX Preterite: Tomar(yo)= Tomé

Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are:

Yo é

Tú aste

El Ella Ud ó

Nosotros amos

Ellos Ellas Uds

aron

Pretérito endings for –er / -ir verbs are:

Yo í

Tú iste

El, Ella, Ud

ió

Nosotros imos

Ellos, Ellas, Uds

ieron

Remember:

Accents marks on the él/ella/Ud formAlso, the nosotros form of er/ir verbs

is the same as present tense. You will rely on context to know the

difference in meaning.

HELPFUL VOCABULARY

AYER—YESTERDAYANTEAYER—DAY BEFORE YESTERDAYANOCHE—LAST NIGHT ANTENOCHE—NIGHT BEFORE LASTLA SEMANA PASADA—LAST WEEKEL AÑO PASADO—LAST YEAREL MES PASADO—LAST MONTHEL VERANO PASADO—LAST SUMMER