El pretérito
What are the regular AR ER & IR endings?
é, aste, ó, amos, astéis, aron
í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron
Endings?
aba, abas, aba, abámos, abáis, aban
ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían
Conjugations of haber?
He, Has, Ha, Hemos, habéis, Han
é, ás, á, emos, éis, án
Swing
El columpio
When do you use pretérito?
Short term, completed actions.
When do you use it?
Long term, not defined ending to actions, something that always used to occur
AR, ER, IR endings
ado, ido,ido
How do you conjugate it?
Leave the verb ending on, add the ending to the infinitive form of the verb.
Boss
El jefe
Last week, I went to the supermarket.
La semana pasada, fui al supermercado
What are the irregulars?
SER - era, eras, era, eramos, erais, eran
IR - iba, ibas, iba, ibamos, ibais, iban
VER - veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían
What does it mean?
Talk about an action halfway through
Irregular stems for
tener
poder
venir
tendr-
podr-
vendr-
some times
algunas veces
What are the irregular stems for:
-Ir
-Ser
-Tener
-Poder
(fu-i)
(fu-i)
(tuv-)
(pud-)
When i was a child, we always went to the beach
Cuando era niño, siempre ibamos a la playa.
He bailado en el club
I have danced in the club
I will be a doctor when i am 30 years old
seré un doctor cuando tengo treinta años.
La tiza
chalk
Last winter, my family and I drove to Connecticut to visit my grandma.
El invierno pasado, mi familia y yo manejamos a Connecticut para visitar mi abuela.
My brother never played with toys
Mi hermano nunca jugaba con los jugetes.
we have walked to the park
hemos andado al parque
We will go to the party when you leave
iremos a la fiesta cuando sales.
childhood
La ninez