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PreteritePreteritePreteritePreterite
• Preterite is a form of past tenseexample I went.
• Preterite is seen as completed.
-ar endings• é• aste• ó
• amos • asteis• aron
Hablar• é• aste• ó
• amos • asteis• aron
hablhabl
habl
habl
habl
habl
Conjugate caminar• Caminé• Caminaste• Caminó
• Caminamos• Caminasteis• caminaron
What does each conjugation mean?
Caminé Caminamos
Caminaste Caminasteis
Caminó Caminaron
I walkedI did walk
You walkedYou did walk
He walkedHe did walk
We walkedWe did walk
You all walkedYou all did walk
They walkedThey did walk
What do you notice about the preterit AR
endings?• Accent marks matter!• The nosotros is the same in
present tense. So how can you tell when it’s present or preterit tense?– nadamos en la piscina hoy.– nadamos en la piscina ayer.
Vamos a practicar• I walked last
night• Did you listen to
the teacher?• They did practice
soccer yesterday
• Yo caminé anoche
• ¿Escuchaste a la profesora?
• Practicaron futbol ayer
Rule Breakers• Conjugate practicar• What kind of sound does
the “c” make in the colored boxes?
• ca/co make a hard “c”• What does “ce” sound
like in the white box?• <<S AY>>• How do they preserve
the hard “c” ?...they modify it!
practicé practicamos
practicaste practicasteis
practicó practicaron
<<K Ay>>
Qué
So… Rule #1
• In the “Yo” form, the C Qu. • We call this a Car verb because it
happens with verbs that end in “car”
What happens if a verb ends in gar?
• Conjugate jugar• How does the “g” sound
in the pink boxes?• This is called a hard “g”• What does the “g” sound
like in the white box?• <<H Ay>>• How do they keep the
sound fluid?... Modify it!
jugé jugamos
jugaste jugasteis
jugó jugaron
<<G AY>>
Gué
Rule #2• If the verb ends in GAR, the “yo”
form changes from a G GU to preserve the sound
What happens if a verb ends in zar?
• Conjugate empezar• How does the “z” sound
in the pink boxes?• This is called a hard “z”• What does the “z” sound
like in the white box?• <<Th Ay>>• How do they keep the
sound fluid?... Modify it!
empezé empezamos
empezaste
empezasteis
empezó empezaron
<<S AY>>
Cé
Rule #3• If the verb ends in ZAR, the “yo”
form changes from a Z C to preserve the sound.
Gar, car, zar verbs in Yo
• gar=> gué• car => qué• zar => cé
End with:
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