la tarea, por favorpass it over to the left (psenla a la izquierda)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeVOt8jqg In search of Victor Cruz

El pretritoa form of the past tense Regular AR verbs

Qu es el pretrito?
It is one of the 2 forms of the past tense commonly used in Spanish.

The preterit is typically used to express actions:

when an action began: [last night, in 1873, 12 years ago, etc.]

when an action ended: [this morning, in 1612, last Tuesday, etc.] how long the action took, the duration [for 18 years, for a semester, etc.] to express that the action happened only once, or suddenly

The preterit is not for the impatient.

There are REGULAR AR VERBS

IRREGULAR AR VERBS

REGULAR ER AND IR VERBS IRREGULAR ER & IR VERBS STEM-CHANGING VERBS REGULARLY IRREGULAR VERBS TOTALLY IRREGULAR VERBS Well go through these step by step, case by case. NO PANICKING!!!

Regular AR verbs drop the ar and add: yo -- t -aste nosotros -amos

l ella -- Ud.

ellos ellas --aron Uds.

por qu es necesario e importante el ?

hablo vs. habl

canto

vs. cant

una persona diferente, un tiempo diferente

practicamos
trabajar yo trabaj I worked. I did work.

t trabajaste

ella trabaj

nosotros trabajamos

Uds. trabajaron

When in doubt
If you come across a new verb, assume that it is regular unless there is something to indicate otherwise.

What are the t forms of:

reinar

zangarrear

encapuchar

Algunos verbos especiales

Hay algunos verbos -AR con la forma de YO irregular. These irregular YO forms are spelling changes in order to maintain the original pronunciation of the infinitive.

The regular AR endings are still used: aste aron amos

Hay 3 categoras de irregularidades

Verbs that end with -CAR

In Spanish, just as in English, the combination of CE sounds like SE [cent, cell, etc.]. Ca, Co, Cu (cat, copy, cucumberK) The C is changed to QU in order to maintain the original pronunciation [CA sounds like KA, but theres no K in Spanish so QU is used].

Por ejemplo
practicar: practiqu--NOT practic las otras formas son regulares: practicaste

practic
practicamos practicaron

Practicaste un deporte el ao pasado? Qu deporte?

Otros verbos similares

tocar--to play an instrument, to touch Tocaste un instrumento musical en el pasado?

Toqu/ No toqu

buscar--to look for Buscaste algo anoche?

Busqu / No busqu

Verbs that end with -GAR

game go gun Because GE sounds like a soft G, a U is added to maintain the hard G of the infinitive

giant general jugu--irregular jugaste jug jugamos jugaron formas regulares

jugar--to play a game, sport

Otros verbos con -GAR

pagar--to pay, pay for Cunto pagaste por tus libros este semestre?

Verbs that end with -ZAR

For no good reason whatsoever, ZE is an impossible combination in Spanish [rendering illegal my last name....].

A ZE combination changes to CE empezar comenzar--to start

empec empezaste cebra cero A qu hora empezaste tus clases el semestre pasado?

empez
empezamos empezaron

Los usos
The preterit refers to actions and time periods that are completed, over and done with. En agosto de 2007 yo visit Costa Rica. completed actionthe trip; completed time periodAugust 2007 duration2 weeks has a specific beginning and end point. Empezamos el viaje en San Jos, la capital. the beginning of the trip/action Terminamos las vacaciones en Jac, una playa. the end of the trip/action

Mi esposo y yo viajamos por 2 semanas.

Vocabulario relacionado
When these words appear in a sentence, youll usually have to use the preterit because they refer to a specific moment in time in the past. ayer anteayer el ao pasado semestre mes la semana pasada clase primavera anoche una vez

Qu pas?
usar mirar trabajar planear

practicar, ensear
bailar celebrar casarse** cantar ensayar llorar

traducir al espaol
Pablo and Sam conversed in the kitchen. Pablo taught Sam some words.

verbos necesarios: hablar conversar llevar ensear escuchar detestar Lola talked and Ana listened.

Sam wore ugly clothes. Lola detested his pajamas.

Preguntarse in the back of the packet

Ask the questiont form-- aste Anwer the questionyo form Record what your partner saysl or ella

Para terminar
Choose 2 of these verbs and tell me one thing that you did do and one thing that you did not do yesterday [AYER]. You MUST use the preterit! And TWO DIFFERENT VERBS!

estudiar matemticas trabajar en una oficina viajar a Bolivia cantar bailar nadar

hablar por telfono usar una computadora practicar un instrumento musical robar un banco comprar un libro mirar un programa