1 AMV@MVHS Regular –AR Verb Conjugation One of the most important grammar presentations you will have this school year. IN PRETERITE TENSE

2 AMV@MVHS Conjugation… what is it? The act of assigning a to an infinitive. SUBJECT Infinitives… remember those? They show ACTION ONLY and end in -IR-ER-AR

3 AMV@MVHS The verbs we are conjugating are REGULAR verbs. PATTERN. These verbs are considered “regular” because they follow a However, the “pattern” is new. We are switching tenses, from speaking about the present to speaking about THE PAST.

4 AMV@MVHS Preterite tense is our the third verb tense. Let’s explore the others…. Para ejercicio, yo camino todos los días. For exercise, I walk every day. PRESENT TENSE

5 AMV@MVHS Estoy caminando al trabajo ahora. I am walking to work now. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE ESTAR = -ANDO / -IENDO

6 AMV@MVHS Yo caminé a mi perro esta mañana y ahora tengo sueño. I walked my dog this morning and now I am sleepy. PRETERITE TENSE indicating the past

7 AMV@MVHS Pause for Practice

8 AMV@MVHS Saquen sus “libritos de notas” y ábranlos a la página 1. Van a tomar notas de página 1 a 4 este capítulo.

9 AMV@MVHS Yo Tú (familiar) Usted (polite) Él Ella Nosotros Nosotras Vosotros Vosotras (used in Spain) Ustedes Ellos Ellas

10 AMV@MVHS -AMOS -ARON-Ó-Ó -ASTE -É-É - ASTEIS Regular –AR Preterite Endings

11 AMV@MVHS Let’s look at an example…

12 AMV@MVHS NOSOTROS NOSOTRAS Uds. ELLOS ELLAS ÉL ELLA Ud. TÚ YO VOSOTROS VOSOTRAS NADAR – TO SWIM NADARÉ NADARASTE NADARÓ NADARAMOS NADARASTEIS NADARARON I swam. You swam. He/She swam. / You swam.They swam. / You (all) swam You (all) swam. We swam.

13 AMV@MVHS Hablar – to speak Hablamos Hablasteis Hablaron Hablé Hablaste Habló

14 AMV@MVHS Ducharse – to shower Nos duchamos Os duchasteis Se ducharon Me duché Te duchaste Se duchó Note that even though the verb has been conjugated in a new tense, the use of the reflexive pronoun is still the same.

15 AMV@MVHS Pause for Practice

16 AMV@MVHS -IMOS -IERON-IÓ -ISTE -Í-Í - ISTEIS Regular –ER/-IR Preterite Endings

17 AMV@MVHS Let’s look at an example…

18 AMV@MVHS NOSOTROS NOSOTRAS Uds. ELLOS ELLAS ÉL ELLA Ud. TÚ YO VOSOTROS VOSOTRAS COMER – TO EAT COMERÍ COMERISTE COMERIÓ COMERIMOS COMERISTEIS COMERIERON I ate. You ate. He/She ate. / You ate.They ate. / You (all) ate. You (all) ate. We ate.

19 AMV@MVHS Correr – to run Corrimos Corristeis Corrieron Corrí Corriste Corrió

20 AMV@MVHS Compartir – to share Compartimos Compartisteis Compartieron Compartí Compartiste Compartió

21 AMV@MVHS Pause for Practice

22 AMV@MVHS But… we haven’t talked about stem- changing verbs.

23 AMV@MVHS Like reflexive verbs, stem- changing verbs are a “type” of verb and exist in all verb tenses. HOWEVER… to stem-change in preterite tense, the verb has to meet certain conditions.

24 AMV@MVHS 1)The stem-changing verb has to be an –IR infinitive. 2) The subject has to use a 3 rd person ending. DIVERTIR COMPETIR REPETIR VESTIR SERVIR PEDIR XX DORMIR MORIR

25 AMV@MVHS PROBARSE – to try on Nos probamos Os probasteis Se probaron Me probé Te probaste Se probó PROBARSE is NOT an –IR verb and, therefore, will not stem-change.

26 AMV@MVHS ENTENDER – to understand Entendimos Entendisteis Entendieron Entendí Entendiste Entendió ENTENDER is NOT an –IR verb and, therefore, will not stem-change.

27 AMV@MVHS DORMIR – to sleep Dormimos Dormisteis Durmieron Dormí Dormiste Durmió DORMIR IS an –IR verb and, therefore, will stem-change, but only in 3 rd person.

28 AMV@MVHS Pause for Practice

29 AMV@MVHS Vamos a practicar. Necesitan una pizarrita, un borrador y un marcador.

30 AMV@MVHS NADAR - yo NADÉ

31 AMV@MVHS CREAR - nosotros CREAMOS

32 AMV@MVHS ESCRIBIR (usted) ESCRIBIÓ

33 AMV@MVHS DIBUJAR - tú DIBUJASTE

34 AMV@MVHS CANTAR - ellos CANTARON

35 AMV@MVHS VER (ellos) VIERON

36 AMV@MVHS LLAMAR (nosotros) LLAMAMOS

37 AMV@MVHS BEBER (yo) BEBÍ

38 AMV@MVHS There are clue words that indicate that the action took place in the past and will use the preterite tense. Translate as many of these words as you can.

39 AMV@MVHS These “helper” words include: Ayer Anoche Esta mañana La semana pasada El mes pasado El año pasado Anteayer Yesterday Last night This morning Last week Last month Past year The day before yesterday Please write them in your purple P/I booklet on page 17.

40 AMV@MVHS Besides those stem-changers, which we will cover in-depth at a later time, there are other spelling changes that take place. The first set are those verbs that end in… -GAR-ZAR-CAR

41 AMV@MVHS Saquen sus “libritos de notas” y ábranlos a la página 3. Van a tomar más notas.

42 AMV@MVHS For –GAR verbs, the “G” changes to “GU”… … but only in the YO form.

43 AMV@MVHS JUGAR – to play Jugamos Jugasteis Jugaron Jugué Jugaste Jugó

44 AMV@MVHS Other –GAR verbs include: LLEGAR PAGAR OBLIGAR NAVEGAR to arrive to pay to force to navegate Choose two verbs from the list and conjugate on page 4 in the top two boxes.

45 AMV@MVHS For –CAR verbs, the “C” changes to “QU”… … but only in the YO form.

46 AMV@MVHS BUSCAR – to look for Buscamos Buscasteis Buscaron Busqué Buscaste Buscó

47 AMV@MVHS Other –CAR verbs include: SACAR PRACTICAR CALIFICAR EXPLICAR TOCAR to take (out) to practice to grade to explain to play Choose two verbs from the list and conjugate on page 4 in the middle two boxes.

48 AMV@MVHS For –ZAR verbs, the “Z” changes to “C”… … but only in the YO form.

49 AMV@MVHS ALMORZAR – to have lunch Almorzamos Almorzasteis Almorzaron Almorcé Almorzaste Almorzó

50 AMV@MVHS Other –ZAR verbs include: EMPEZAR COMENZAR ORGANIZAR TROPEZAR to begin, start to commence to organize to trip (over) Choose two verbs from the list and conjugate on page 4 in the bottom two boxes.

51 AMV@MVHS Vamos a practicar. Necesitan una pizarrita, un borrador y un marcador.

52 AMV@MVHS LLEGAR - yo LLEGUÉ

53 AMV@MVHS COMENZAR - yo COMENCÉ

54 AMV@MVHS TROPEZAR - yo TROPECÉ

55 AMV@MVHS CALIFICAR - yo CALIFIQUÉ

56 AMV@MVHS PAGAR - yo PAGUÉ

57 AMV@MVHS So… what do you remember? When is preterite tense used? Which two types of infinitives share a box? Which two forms of NADAR have accents on them? What is the only kind of infinitive that will stem-change in preterite tense? -GARs, -CARs and –ZARs have spelling changes in only which form? In a –ZAR verb, what does the “Z” change to?