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This lesson focuses on the regular preterite tense in Spanish, which describes completed actions in the past. We will explore how to form regular preterite verbs by adding specific endings to the stems of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. This includes examining subject pronouns such as yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros(as), vosotros(as), and ellos, ellas, ustedes. We will also clarify how the -ar and -ir verb forms share the same endings in the preterite, emphasizing the context to distinguish between the past and present tense.
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Unidad 1 Etapa 1Preterite Verbs Spanish 2 Sra. Lear 17/9/13
Regular Preterite verbs The preterite tense tells what happened or what you did. It is used when the action described has already been completed. Regular preterite verbs, like present tense verbs, are formed by adding tense endings to the stem.
Subject Pronouns yo tu el, ella, usted nosotros(as) vosotros(as) ellos, ellas, ustedes Notice that regular –er & -ir verbs take the same endings.
-ir verbs -ar verbs viví viviste vivió vivimos vivisteis vivieron hablé hablaste habló hablamos hablasteis hablaron The nosotros forms of –ar & ir verbs are the same in the preterite and present tense.
The nosotros forms of –arand –irverbs are the same in the preterite and in the present tense. But we can usually tell if someone is referring to the past or present from the context.
