El Preterito El Preterito So far you

El Preterito

El Preterito So far, you have worked with the present tenses in Spanish. There are 2 past tenses in Spanish. We are going to learn the preterite tense.

The Preterite Tense The preterite is used for talking about actions completed in the past.

Preterite of regular - AR verbs To form the preterite of a regular –AR verb, you drop the -AR, then add the correct ending to the stem. When you drop the –AR of the verb, you are left with the stem. Hablar -> Habl Comprar -> Compr

Preterite of regular –AR verbs -é -amos Yo hablé -aste x I talked, I did talk, I was talking -ó -aron Tú hablaste Nosotros hablamos We talked, we did talk, we were talking x You talked, you did talk, you are talking Él habló Ellos hablaron He talked, he did talk, he was talking They talked, they did talk, they were talking

Aguas (careful!) This tense can be tricky because the accents are so important and really change the meaning = Hablo = I talk. Habló = He/she talked.

Limpiar- to clean Yo limpié Nosotros I cleaned, I limpiamos did clean, I was cleaning Tú limpiast e Él limpió x Ellos limpiaron

Cocinar – to cook Yo cociné Tú cocinas te Él cocina Nosotr os cocina mos x Ellos cocinar on

En el paquete…. 1. My brother cleaned the kitchen = ________________ 2. I washed the dishes last night = ________________ 3. My parents cooked the dinner = ________________ 4. Did you buy vegetables? ________________

5. Did you clear the table? _______________________ 6. Did the children bathe? ______________________ 7. The girls helped their grandparents = ___________________ 8. Nacho and Dorito listened to music = ___________________ 9. Sofía talked with Pedro. _____________________ 10. Gustavo and I dusted the lamp (took the dust from the lamp)= __________________ 11. The student studied. _____________________