Transcript Vivimos
UNIDOS An Interactive Approach Second Edition Chapter 6 ¿Qué te gusta comprar? Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Talking about the past Preterit tense of regular verbs ¿Qué compraste tú? Compré un bonito vestido. pp. 200–202 Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Preterit tense of regular verbs There are two simple tenses in Spanish that are used to discuss the past: the preterit (el pretérito) and the imperfect (el imperfecto). The preterit tense is used to express: • past events, actions, and conditions that are viewed as completed or ended Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The conjugation of regular -ar verbs tomar = to take, to drink Just as with present tense verbs, we always start with the stem of the verb. tomé tomamos tomaste tom asteis tomó tomaron The yo and the usted, él, ella forms of the preterit -ar verbs always bear a written accent on the final syllable. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The conjugation of regular -er verbs comer = to eat We start with the stem. comí comiste comió comimos comisteis comieron The yo and the usted, él, ella forms of the preterit -er verbs always bear a written accent on the final syllable. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The conjugation of regular -ir verbs vivir = to live Notice that -ir verbs are conjugated exactly like -er verbs. viví viviste vivió vivimos vivisteis vivieron The yo and the usted, él, ella forms of the preterit -ir verbs always bear a written accent on the final syllable. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Nosotros forms The nosotros forms of -ar and -ir verbs are the same in the preterit as in the present tense. This does not normally cause confusion since context usually clarifies the meaning. Tomamos el autobús al centro todos los días. We take the bus downtown every day. Tomamos el autobús a la escuela ayer. We took the bus to school yesterday. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Nosotros forms The nosotros forms of -ar and -ir verbs are the same in the preterit as in the present tense. This does not normally cause confusion since context usually clarifies the meaning. Vivimos en Nueva York ahora. We live in New York now. Vivimos en Puerto Rico el año pasado. We lived in Puerto Rico last year. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Stem-changing -ar and -er verbs Stem-changing verbs ending in -ar and -er do not have a stem change in the preterit. pensar pensé pensamos pensaste pensasteis pensó pensaron volver volví volviste volvió volvimos volvisteis volvieron Pensé en ti ayer. I thought about you yesterday. Mi padre volvío a casa a las diez de la noche. My father returned home at 10:00 P.M. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar Verbs that end in -car have the following spelling changes in the first-person singular of the preterit. All other forms of these verbs are conjugated regularly. c qu Example: buscar busqué buscaste buscó buscamos buscasteis buscaron Busqué el programa en la tele. I looked for the program on TV. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar Verbs that end in -gar have the following spelling changes in the first-person singular of the preterit. All other forms of these verbs are conjugated regularly. g gu llegué Example: llegar llegaste llegamos llegasteis llegó llegaron Llegué muy contento hoy. I arrived very happy today. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar Verbs that end in -zar have the following spelling changes in the first-person singular of the preterit. All other forms of these verbs are conjugated regularly. zc Example: almorzar almorcé almorzaste almorzó almorzamos almorzasteis almorzaron Almorcé poco hoy. I had little for lunch today. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Useful expressions to use with the preterit anoche last night anteayer day before yesterday ante(a)noche the night before last ayer yesterday Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Useful expressions to use with the preterit el año/mes pasado last year/month la semana pasada last week una semana atrás a week ago hace un día/mes/año que it has been a day/month/year since Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ¡A practicar! Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ¿Qué pasó? Yo _____ tomé (tomar) el autobús al supermercado esta mañana. comimos (comer) en la cafetería de la Nosotros _________ universidad. ¿________ Viviste (vivir) tú en Guatemala alguna vez? Yo _________ empecé (empezar) a estudiar la lección siete. jugué (jugar) al béisbol con mis amigos Yo ______ hoy. Yo __________ practiqué (practicar) el piano esta mañana. Unidos: An Interactive Approach, Second Edition Guzmán | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright ©2016 by Pearson Education, Inc. 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