Chapter 2 Flashcards
The Preterite
- Completed state or action
- Beginning or end of an action
- to express an action or state that occurred over a specific period of time
Ar Preterite Conjugation
e (accent),
aste
o (accent)
amos aron
Er Preterite Conjugation
Saber (present)
to know (something)
Saber + information (past)
found out (something)
conocer (+place/a +person) present
to know (some place/someone)
concocer (past)
met for the first time/ began to know (some place/some one)
no querer (+ infinitive) present
not to want (to do something)
no querer + infinitive (past)
reused and(didn’t do something)
No poder (+infinitve) Present
not to be able (to do something)
tener que (+infinitive) present
to have to do something
No poder (+infinitive) Past
was/were ot able and didn’t (do something)
Tener Que (+infinitive) Past
had to and did (do something)
Pluperfect
Use: To express an action that occured before another action
To Form: Haber + past particple (ado, ido)
Ex: Leif Ericsson ya habia visitado Amerca cuando llego Colon.
Haber in Imperfect
Habia (i- accent on all)
Habias
Habia
Habiamos
Habian
To tell time in the past use:
Era/Eran + the time
To state someone’s age in the past use:
tener (imperfect) +age
Ayer
Yesterday
desde…hasta…
from…until…
durante
during
de repente
suddenly
al terminar (de + infinitive)
After finishing (+ ing)
Antes
Before
despues (accent- e)
After