I ate
Yo comí
Tú (abrir)
abriste
Ending for AR verbs for Yo
é
Anoche
Last night
I bought a book.
Yo compré un libro.
You (inf) spoke
Tú hablaste
Yo (leer)
Leí
When do you use the preterite?
Completed past actions
Yesterday
Ayer
You (inf) danced at the party.
Tú bailaste en la fiesta.
We lived
Yo vivimos
cocinó
What subject makes CAR, GAR, ZAR verbs irregular?
Yo
La semana pasada
Last week
She opened the door.
Ella abrió la puerta.
They wrote
Ellos escribieron
Nosotros (nadar)
nadamos
When would I change an I to a Y?
When there are 3 vowels in a row
Last year
El año pasado
We studied for the exam.
Nosotros estudiamos para el examen.
She scuba dived
Ella buceó
Ellos (viajar)
viajaron
When do stem changes take place in the preterite?
In the 3rd person
One time
They swam in the ocean.
Ellos nadaron en el mar.