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Understanding the Preterite Tense in Spanish: Regular and Irregular Verbs

This guide covers the preterite tense in Spanish, illustrating how to conjugate regular and irregular verbs. The preterite tense signifies completed actions in the past, using specific endings for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. Key examples include regular verbs like "tomar" (to take) and "hablar" (to speak), as well as irregular verbs like "pagar" (to pay) and "almorzar" (to have lunch). Remember to note the accents in the conjugation forms for accuracy and clarity.

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Understanding the Preterite Tense in Spanish: Regular and Irregular Verbs

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  1. El Pretéritode los verbos

  2. El Pretérito: I went to the store. I bought a shirt. I paid in cash. • is a past tense (“-ed”) • talks about what happened • is a completed action

  3. The stem for regular verbs in the pretérito is the infinitive stem. Tomar tom- Hablarhabl- Comer com- Beberbeb- Abrir abr- Salirsal-

  4. Pretérito endings for -ar verbs are: -amos -asteis -aron -é -aste -ó

  5. Pretérito endings for –er / -ir verbs are: -imos -isteis -ieron -í -iste -ió

  6. REMEMBER: • accents on the “yo” form and the “él / ella / Ud.” form • -ar / -ir “nosotros” form is the same in present and pretérito

  7. tomar (-ar verbs) Por ejemplo: tomé tomaste tomó tomamos tomasteis tomaron

  8. hablar (-ar verbs) Por ejemplo: hablé hablaste habló hablamos hablasteis hablaron

  9. trabajar (-ar verbs) Por ejemplo: trabajé trabajaste trabajó trabajamos trabajasteis trabajaron

  10. comer (-er / -irverbs) Por ejemplo: comí comiste comió comimos comisteis comieron

  11. volver (-er / -irverbs) Por ejemplo: volví volviste volvió volvimos volvisteis volvieron

  12. abrir (-er / -irverbs) Por ejemplo: abrí abriste abrió abrimos abristeis abrieron

  13. escribir (-er / -irverbs) Por ejemplo: escribí escribiste escribió escribimos escribisteis escribieron

  14. Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and-zar have a spelling change in the “yo” form of the pretérito. Unos Irregulares: buscar tocar practicar pagar jugar llegar almorzar empezar comenzar

  15. The “yo” form of the pretérito changes to conserve the sound of the infinitive: -car -gar -zar “-qué” “-gué” “-cé” “tocé” “jugé” “rezé”

  16. buscar (-carverbs) Por ejemplo: busqué buscaste buscó buscamos buscasteis buscaron

  17. practicar (-carverbs) Por ejemplo: practiqué practicaste practicó practicamos practicasteis practicaron

  18. pagar (-garverbs) Por ejemplo: pagué pagaste pagó pagamos pagasteis pagaron

  19. jugar (-garverbs) Por ejemplo: jugué jugaste jugó jugamos jugasteis jugaron

  20. almorzar (-zarverbs) Por ejemplo: almorcé almorzaste almorzó almorzamos almorzasteis almorzaron

  21. empezar (-zarverbs) Por ejemplo: empecé empezaste empezó empezamos empezasteis empezaron

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