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2 El pretérito: verbos en -AR

3 What is “el pretérito”? SSSStuff that happened in the past!! IIIIt’s DONE… OVER WITH!!

4 How do we conjugate an AR verb en el pretérito?? There are 3 simple steps!!!

5 STEP 1

6 Drop the ending!

7 Let’s take a look

8 CANT AR to sing

9 STEP 2

10 Figure out WHO DID THE ACTION??

11 I sang

12 You sang

13 He or She sang

14 We sang

15 They sang

16 STEP 3

17 Add the correct ending:

18 -é -aste -ó -amos -aron yo tú él nosotros ellos

19 CANT É I sang

20 yo canté

21 CANT ASTE you sang

22 tú cantaste tú cantaste

23 CANT Ó he or she sang

24 Él cantó Ella cantó

25 CANT AMOS we sang

26 nosotros cantamos

27 CANT ARON they sang

28 ellos cantaron

29 IT’S THAT SIMPLE!!

30 Let’s review

31 3 steps: 1.Drop the ending

32 CANT AR to sing

33 3 steps: 1.Drop the ending 2.Figure out who did the action

34 I sang you sang he or she sang we sang they sang

35 3 steps: 1.Drop the ending 2.Figure out who did the action 3.add the correct ending

36 yo cant tú cant él/ella/Ud. cant nosotros cant ellos/ellas/Uds.cant é aste ó amos aron

37 ¡Qué Bueno!

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