You
should understand now how to work with a verb, and how to use the subject pronoun,
there are radical-changing verbs that you have to learn, they are mainly in
the present tense, so now we can work a little faster to get through the rest
of the tenses, the (preterite) the simple past (I SPOKE, YOU ATE, THEY LIVED
etc.) there are two sets of endings(one for the AR
verb) and (one for the ER and IR verbs) first the
AR verb then the ER
verb last the IR VERB....
PRETERITE
TENSE
PRETERÍTO
HABLAR
= TO TALK, TO SPEAK
| HABLASTE
= YOU SPOKE (FAMILIAR) |
| HABLÓ
= HE ,SHE,
YOU SPOKE |
| HABLASTEIS
= YOU SPOKE
(FAMILIAR) (PLURAL) |
| HABLARON
= THEY SPOKE, YOU SPOKE (FORMAL) (PLURAL) |
PRETERITE
TENSE
PRETERÍTO
COMER
= TO EAT
| COMISTE
= YOU ATE(FAMILIAR) |
| COMISTEIS
= YOU ATE (FAMILIAR) (PLURAL) |
| COMIERON
= THEY ATE, YOU ATE (FORMAL) (PLURAL) |
PRETERITE
TENSE
PRETERÍTO
VIVIR
= TO LIVE
| VIVISTE
= YOU LIVED(FAMILIAR) |
| VIVIÓ
= HE ,SHE, YOU LIVED |
| VIVISTEIS
= YOU LIVED(FAMILIAR) (PLURAL) |
| VIVIERON
= THEY LIVED, YOU LIVED (FORMAL) (PLURAL) |
The
verbs (SER = TO BE) and (IR
= TO GO) have the same preterite
(
FUI )( FUISTE ) ( FUE ) ( FUIMOS ) ( FUISTEIS ) ( FUERON )
A FEW SHORT
SENTENCES IN THE PRETERITE
| ¿CUÁNDO
VOLVIÓ A CASA SU MADRE?
= WHEN DID YOUR MOTHER RETURN HOME? |
| ¿POR
QUÉ NOS LLAMÓ USTED?
= WHY DID YOU CALL US? |
| ¿RECIBIÓ
USTED UNA CARTA DE SU PADRE AYER?
= DID YOU RECEIVE A LETTER FROM YOUR FATHER YESTERDAY? |
| ¿SE
DIVIRTIÓ USTED DURANTE SUS VACACIONES?
= DID YOU ENJOY YOURSELF DURING YOUR HOLIDAYS? |
(Next
is the future tense , what you will do in the future.) (Click next.)
