Preterite (regular, -car -gar -zar & ser, ir, ver, dar)

-ar verb endings

100

Preterite ending for YO for -AR verbs

é

200

Preterite ending for TÚ for -AR verbs

aste

300

Preterite ending for 3rd person singular for -AR verbs

ó

400

Preterite ending for NOSOTROS for -AR verbs

amos

500

Preterite ending for 3rd person plural for -AR verbs

aron

-er / -ir verb endings

100

Preterite ending for YO for -ER/-IR verbs

í

200

Preterite ending for TÚ for -ER/-IR verbs

iste

300

Preterite ending for 3rd person singular for -ER/-IR verbs

ió

400

Preterite ending for NOSOTROS for -ER/-IR verbs

imos

500

Preterite ending for 3rd person plural for -ER/-IR verbs

ieron

-car -gar -zar

100

How does -CAR verbs change in the yo form?

c -> qu

200

How does -GAR verbs change in the yo form?

g -> gu

300

How does -ZAR verbs change in the yo form?

z -> c

400

Conjugate both phrases:

¿TOCAR tú la guitarra?

No, yo TOCAR la trompeta.

¿Tocaste tú la guitarra?

No, yo toqué la trompeta.

500

Why do we change -car, -gar, -zar spellings in the yo form in the preterite?

To make the spellings match the original sound of the verb

let's conjugate

100

Yo ESTUDIAR en la tarde.

estudié

200

Nosotros BEBER un refresco.

bebimos

300

Ellos SALIR a las 5:00.

salieron

400

Tú IR al almacén.

fuiste

500

Yo PAGAR $500 por mi celular.

pagué

ser, ir, ver, dar

100

These two verbs share the same preterite verb chart

ser and ir

(the identical twins)

200

Preterite conjugation of SER for NOSOTROS

fuimos

300

Preterite conjugation of IR for Camila

fue

400

Preterite conjugation of DAR for ELLOS

dieron

500

Preterite conjugation of VER for JUAN

vio