Los regulares ("ar")
hablamos
comer (yo)
comí
Unlike the preterit conjugations of regular verbs, the preterit stem-changing verbs are missing these.
accents
jugar (yo)
jugué
The preterit tense is used to express this
what happened, what someone did
estudiar (tú)
estudiaste
aprender (nosotros)
aprendimos
The mutated stem of the verb "hacer" when conjugated in the preterit
hic
sacar (yo)
Regular "ar" verbs are conjugated similarly in this form in both the preterit and present tenses
nosotros
recordar (ellos)
recordaron
vivir (tú)
viviste
The mutated stem of the verb "tener" when conjugated in the preterit
tuv
almorzar (yo)
almorcé
Preterit tense conjugations of regular verbs will contain accents when associated with these subject pronouns
Yo + él/ella/usted
participar (ella)
participó
escribir (él)
escribió
decir (tú)
dijiste
The two different irregular verbs that are conjugated exactly the same way in the preterit tense.
ir + ser
Translate the following phrase: They went to Australia.
Fueron a Australia.
regatear (yo)
regateé
asistir (ellas)
asistieron
saber (yo)
supe
This irregular "ar" verb is conjugated exactly like the verb "ver" in the preterit tense.
dar
Translate the following phrase: I did not put on my shoes!
No me puse los zapatos.