The Preterit Tense
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- (no) querer = to (not) want in the present.=? in the preterit?
- to try (to refuse)
- always use an accent mark...
- ...in the final vowel for the first and third person singular forms of regular verbs, unless the ver is only one syllable.
- concoer=to know in the present= ? in the preterit?
- to meet someone (the beginning of knowing)
- creer
- (to believe)creícreístecreyócreímoscreísteiscreyeron
- dar
- (to give)didistediodimosdisteisdieron
- decir
- (to say/tell)dijedijistedijodijimosdijisteisdijeron
- estar
- (to be)estuveestuvisteestuvoestuvimosestuvisteisestuvieron
- for verbs that end in er and ir preceded by a vowel (creer, oir)
- change the i to y in the third person singular and plural.All forms of these verbs are accented in all persons, except the third person plural.
- hacer
- (to do/make)hicehicistehizohicimoshicisteishicieron
- hay
- from the verb haber...is hubo for both singular and plural.
- no poder= to not be able (wihtout necessarily trying) in the present.= ? in the preterit?
- to fail (after trying) (to do something)
- oír
- (to hear)oíoísteoyóoímosoísteisoyeron
- poder
- (to be able to)pudepudistepudopudimospudisteispudieron
- poder= to be able (have the ability) in the present.= ? in the preterit?
- to manage (to do something)
- poner
- (to put)pusepusistepusopusimospusisteispusieron
- Preterit tense is one of two...
- ...past tenses.
- querer
- (to want)quisequisistequisoquisimosquisisteisquisieron
- regular AR verbs
- éasteóamosasteisaron
- regular ER and IR verbs
- íiste ióimosisteisieron
- Reports actions that...
- ...are completed at a given point in the past.
- saber
- (to know)supesupistesuposupimossupisteissupieron
- saber= to know in the present.=? in the preterit?
- to find out, to learn.
- ser/ir
- (to be/to go)fuifuistefuefuimosfuisteisfueron
- stem changing ir verbs in the present tense...
- also have stem changes in the preterit. The changes are;e=io=uand occur only in third person singular and plural.
- tener
- (to have)tuvetuvistetuvotuvimostuvisteistuvieron
- The preterit forms of nosotros for ar and ir verbs are...
- ...identical to corresponding present tense. The situation or context will clarify the meaning.
- traer
- (to bring)trajetrajistetrajotrajimostrajisteistrajeron
- venir
- (to come)vinevinistevinovinimosvinisteisvinieron
- ver
- (to see)vivisteviovimosvisteisvieron
- verbs that end in car, gar, and zar
- c=qug=guz=c