1 EL PRETÉRITO 2.2 A

2  Preterit tense  The preterit tense is used to tell what happened or what you did. (To talk about a past action)

3  How to conjugate using the preterit tense  Just like the present tense.  1 st remove the root of the verb (-ar, -er, - ir)  2 nd plug in the ending.

4  Yo  T ú  Él/ella/usted/ name  Nosotros/as  Ellos/ellas/ustedes  é  aste  ó  amos  aron -AR ENDINGS

5  Yo  Tú  Él/ella/usted/ name  Nosotros/as  Ellos/ellas/usted es  í  iste  ió  imos  ieron -ER /IR ENDINGS

6  Hablar  Habl  Hablé  Hablaste  Habló  Hablamos  Hablaron EXAMPLE

7  The verb “Ir” This verb is irregular  Conjugation in the preterit tense.  To go  Yo fui  T ú fuiste  Ella fue  Nosotros fuimos  Ellos fueron CONJUGATION OF THE VERB IR

8  Did you already….?  Example  Did you already clean your room?  ¿Ya…..?  ¿Ya limpiaste tu cuarto? TO ASK SOMEONE IF THEY ALREADY DID AN ACTION… Limpiar conjugated In the preterit tense t ú form

9  I already ….  Example  I already cleaned my room.  S í, ya….  S í, ya limpié mi cuarto. TO STATE THAT YOU ALREADY DID SOMETHING: Conjugated In the preterit Yo form

10  Stating that you have not done an action yet.  No, todavía no.

11  When did you do it?  Vocabulario:  Last week  Last (day of the week)  Day before yesterday  Yesterday  Last night  This morning  ¿Cuándo lo hiciste?  La semana pasada  El martes pasado  Anteayer  Ayer  Anoche  Esta mañana TO ASK…