El préterito
Yo ____________ a la biblioteca (ir)
(I went to the library)
fui
Yo ____________ con mis amigos
(I was talking with my friends)
hablaba
Preterit or Imperfect?
Yesterday, I went to the park
Preterit (defined moment in the past)
to wake up
despertarse
Simple tú command for "Speak!"
¡Habla!
Roberto and Maria spoke with their Mom
hablaron
Juan ______________ en Valencia (vivir)
Juan was living in Valencia
vivía
Cada verano, mi familia y yo _________ a la playa.
A. íbamos
B. Fuimos
A. Íbamos
"I brush my teeth"
Me cepillo los dientes
To form a negative "tú" command, you need to know that -as-->es and es-->as: What else do you need to know?
The "yo" form of the verb
What do the verbs tener, andar, and estar have in common when conjugated in the preterit tense?
Their irregular stem has a "uv"
Cuando yo ________ niño (ser)
When I was a child . . .
era
Yo _____________ a escuela a las ocho de la mañana
fui
¿A qué hora _________________ tú? (despertarse)
te despertaste
Ven Di Sal Haz ____ Ve Pon Sé
Ten (Tener)
Nosotros ______________ al restaurante (conducir)
We drove to the restaurant
condujimos
¿Adónde ______________, nosotros? (ir)
(Where were we going?)
íbamos
Anoche, nosotros _________ que estudiar.
Tener
tuvimos
Voy a _______________ a las 6. (levantarse)
levantarme
A formal command is based off of the usted or ustedes form: What changes?
E changes to A
Que les _____________, tú?
(What did you say to them?)
dijiste
Los chicos _________ altos (ser)
eran
Yo ______________ la television (mirar) cuando Maria __________ (llegar)
miraba; llegó
Get up! (Ustedes)
¡Levántense!
Change to a nosotros command: "Hablamos"
Hablemos