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The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed. In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate regular -ar verbs. The nosotros forms for -ar and -ir verbs are the same in preterite and present tenses.

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The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed. In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate regular -ar verbs. The nosotros forms for -ar and -ir verbs are the same in preterite and present tenses.

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Preterite: Part I

In the last lesson, you learned that the preterite is used for past actions that are seen as
completed. You also learned how to conjugate regular -ar verbs. In this lesson, you will
learn how to conjugate -er and -ir verbs, and become more familiar with the uses of the
preterite.

To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one
of the following:
é
aste
ó
amos

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asteis
aron

To conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-er or -ir)
and add one of the following:
í
iste
ió
imos
isteis
ieron

Here are all three regular preterite verb forms together:


HABLAR COMER VIVIR

hablé comí viví


hablaste comiste viviste
habló comió vivió
hablamos comimos vivimos
hablasteis comisteis vivisteis
hablaron comieron vivieron
NOTE: the nosotros forms for -ar and -ir verbs are the same in both preterite and present tenses: hablamos,
vivimos.

The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events.
Ella caminó por el parque.
She walked through the park.

Ellos llegaron a las ocho.


They arrived at eight o’clock.

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The preterite is used for actions that were repeated a specific number of times, or
occurred during a specific period of time.
Ayer escribí tres cartas.
Yesterday I wrote three letters.

Vivimos allí por cuatro años.


We lived there for four years.

The preterite is used for actions that were part of a chain of events.
Ella se levantó, se vistió, y salió de la casa.
She got up, dressed, and left the house.

The preterite is used to state the beginning or the end of an action.

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Empezó a nevar a las ocho de la mañana.
It began to snow at eight in the morning.

The above examples all fall within our general rule for using the preterite:
The preterite is used for past actions that are seen as completed.

Let’s add two more flashcards for regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite tense:

Verb Flashcards
41. Preterite: regular -er
-í
-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
ieron
comí, comiste, comió, comimos, comisteis, comieron

42. Preterite: regular -ir verbs


-í
-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
ieron
viví, viviste, vivió, vivimos, vivisteis, vivieron

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