Pretérito Flashcards by john w

When do you use the preterit tense?

One-time events (I ate a hamburger instead of I used to eat hamburgers), 2. something recent (last night I watched a movie), 3. something that has been completed (The movie ended at 10).

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What are the -AR preterite verb endings?

-AR verbs: -É, -aste, -Ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron

For example, hablar:

hablé	
hablaste
habló	
hablamos	
hablasteis	
hablaron

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What are the -ER and -IR endings (always the same in Preterit!!!)?

-ER & -IR endings: -Í, -iste, -IÓ, -imos-, -isteis, -ieron

comer & vivir:

comí, viví
comiste, viviste
comió, vivió
comimos, vivimos
comisteis, vivisteis
comieron, vivieron

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Yesterday I spoke

Ayer yo hablé

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last night you ate

Anoche tú comiste

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she lived in..

Ella vivió en..

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They returned

ellos volvieron, ellos regresaron

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I counted (contar)

Yo conté

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you understood

Tú comprendiste, tú entendiste

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He closed the store

él cerró la tienda

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You went to bed (acostarse)

Te acostaste

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I didn’t like to swim (swimming) in the river (gustar nadar)

No me gustó nadar en el río

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I understood you

Te entendí, te comprendí

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You understood me

Me entendiste, me comprendiste

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Aliza sang well

Aliza cantó bien

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The store closed at 11

La tienda cerró a las 11

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The makeup cost a lot

El maquillaje costó mucho

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Did you understand us?

¿Nos entendiste?

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They didn’t like climbing the hill

No les gustó subir la colina

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How much did the shirt cost?

¿Cuánto costó la camisa?

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We brushed our teeth this morning

Nos cepillamos los dientes esta mañana

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EXCEPTIONS: (1) Verbos with no accents anywhere

Endings: -e, -iste, -o, imos, -isteis, ieron

Verbs:

Venir: vin
caber: cup
saber: sup
poner: pus
poder: pud
andar: anduv
estar: estuv
haber: hub
querer: quis
traer: traj
decir: dij
ANY -UCIR VERB: traducir: traduj, conducir: conduj

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EXCEPTIONS: (2) SER & IR, DAR & VER (still no accents!)

Ser & Ir are always conjugated the same, but their meanings are different:

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron

Dar & Ver have the same endings:

di, vi
diste, viste
dio, vio
dimos, vimos
disteis, visteis
dieron, vieron

NO ACCENTS!!

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EXCEPTIONS: (3) HACER (still no accents!)

hice, hiciste, HIZO, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron

just different in 3rd person singular, or él, ella, usted

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EXCEPTIONS (4) All -CAR, -GAR & -ZAR verbs (only exceptions in the YO form)

Aplicar: apliQUÉ, aplicaste, aplicó, aplicamos, aplicasteis, aplicaron Pagar: paGUÉ, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagasteis, pagaron Empezar: empeZÉ, empezaste, empezó, empezamos, empezasteis, empezaron

EXCEPTIONS: "Y" verbs (verbs that have a "y" in the 3rd person only (él, ella, usted, ellos, ellas, ustedes)

leer, oir, all -UIR verbs and all -EER verbs: leí, leíste, leYó, leimos, leísteis, leYeron oí, oíste, oYó, oímos, oísteis, oYeron DestrUIR: destruí, destruiste, destruYó, destruimos, desturisteis, destruYeron CrEER: creí, creíste, creYó, creímos, creísteis, creYeron

They came to the party (venir)

Vinieron a la fiesta

I wanted to call you (querer)

Quise llamarte

It didn't fit (caber)

No cupo

We brought the food (traer)

Trajimos la comida

I didn't know, I didn't find out (saber)

No supe

They told a lie (decir)

Dijeron una mentira

Y'all translated the sentence (traducir)

Tradujisteis la frase

She produced the movie (producir)

Ella produjo la película

They reduced (reducir)

Ellos redujeron

The girls drove (conducir)

Las chicas condujeron

poner/tú

pusiste

We were able to (poder)

pudimos

I couldn't understand (poder)

No pude entender/comprender

They walked (andar)

Ellos anduvieron

Were you on time? (estar)

¿Estuviste a tiempo?

There was (haber)

Hubo

They made, they did (hacer)

Hicieron

I went to the mall (ir)

Yo fui a la galeria

It was fun (ser)

Fue divertido

You gave me a card (dar/tarjeta)

Me diste una tarjeta

I saw a ghost! (ver)

¡Yo vi una fantasma!

You read, she read

Tú leíste, ella leyó

I heard, he heard

Yo oí, él oyó

You believed, they believed

tú creíste, ellos creyeron

I packed, we packed (empacar)

Yo empaqué, nosotros empacamos

You turned in, I turned in (entregar)

Tú entregaste, yo entregué

It began, I began (empezar)

Empezó, yo empecé

SABER (conjugate)

supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron

QUERER (conjugate)

quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron

PODER (conjugate)

pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron

ESTAR (conjugate)

estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron

HACER (conjugate)

hice, hiciste, HIZO, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron

CREER (conjugate)

creí, creíste, CREYÓ, creímos, creísteis, CREYERON

PAGAR (conjugate)

PAGUÉ, pagaste, pagó, pagamos, pagasteis, pagaron

CAZAR (conjugate)

CACÉ, cazaste, cazó, cazamos, cazasteis, cazaron

ATACAR (conjugate)

ATAQUÉ, atacaste, atacó, atacamos, atacasteis, atacaron

EXCEPTIONS: (5) Stem-changing verbs (e-i, o-u) ONLY in 3rd Person!

E-I: Reír: reí, reíste, RIÓ, reímos, reísteis, RIERON Pedir: pedí, pediste PIDIÓ, pedimos, pedisteis, PIDIERON Sentir: sentí, sentiste, SINTIÓ, sentimos, sentisteis, SINTIERON O-U: dormir: dormí, dormiste, DURMIÓ, dormimos, dormisteis, DURMIERON Morir: morí, moriste, MURIÓ, morimos, moristeis, MURIERON

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