19 Sep, 2009 in
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Julio Foppoli
THE PRETERITE - EL PASADO (PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO)
We use this tense when we talk about SPECIFIC ACTIONS OR SITUATIONS IN THE PAST
This tense, EL PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO, is used when you say sentences such as…
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I lived there two years ago. |
Yo viví allí dos años atrás. |
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They studied for the test.. |
Ellos estudiaron para el examen.. |
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We bought a big house. |
Compramos una casa grande. |
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He traveled to Miami last week. |
Él viajó a Miami la semana pasada. |
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She left her husband. |
Ella abandonó a su esposo. |
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Juan crashed yesterday. |
Juan chocó ayer. |
How to form EL PASADO (PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO) in 3 easy steps
| 1 Take the verb in the infinitive form… | trabajar | comer | partir | ||||
| 2 Drop the infinitive ending… | trabaj- | com- | part- | ||||
| 3 Add the preterite ending… | |||||||
| Yo |
trabajé |
comí | partí | ||||
| Tú |
trabajaste |
comiste | partiste | ||||
| Usted
Él – Ella |
trabajó |
comió | partió | ||||
| Nosotros |
trabajamos |
comimos | partimos | ||||
 Vosotros |
trabajásteis |
comísteis | partísteis | ||||
 Ustedes |
trabajaron |
comieron | partieron | ||||
| Ellos |
trabajaron |
comieron | partieron | ||||
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Now it is your turn! |
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| Conjugate the verbs in all the persons. | |||||||
| (caminar) |
(beber) |
(vivir) |
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| Yo |
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Yo | Yo | ||||
| Tú | Tú | Tú | |||||
| Usted
Él – Ella |
Usted
Él – Ella |
Usted
Él – Ella |
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| Nosotros | Nosotros | Nosotros | |||||
| Vosotros |
Vosotros |
Vosotros |
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| Ustedes |
Ustedes |
Ustedes |
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| Ellos | Ellos | Ellos | |||||
Published on 19 Sep, 2009 in
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Julio Foppoli
La Gringa de Gringolandia | December 2nd, 2009 at 12:11 pm #
Thank you for this wonderful website. I really appreciate all of the people who are contributing, and I especially love the listening comprehension exercises. A huge thank-you to all of the people who took the time to make recordings.
Oh, yes–the lesson on the preterite is clear and useful!
Julio Foppoli | December 2nd, 2009 at 1:02 pm #
Thanks so much. I do appreciate your kind words and they are very motivating to keep working on this!