El pretérito regular
the nosotros form of hablar =
hablamos
the yo form of estar =
estuve
the nosotros form of vivir =
vivíamos
the yo form of ser =
era
the tense used to describe completed actions =
el pretérito
the ellos form of comer =
comieron
the yo form of the verb "to cross" =
crucé
the él form of andar =
andaba
the ella form of the verb "to watch" =
veía
the yo form of tocar in the preterite and the ustedes form of visitar in the imperfect =
toqué and visitaban
the tú form of the verb "to take" =
tomaste
the nosotros form and ella form of the verb "to prefer" =
preferimos and prefirió
the nosotros form of the verb "to buy" =
comprábamos
the nosotros form of the verb "to go" =
íbamos
the tú form of the verb "to leave" in the preterite and the nosotros form of the verb "to want" in the imperfect =
saliste and queríamos
the yo form of the verb "to hide" =
escondí
the tú form of querer and the usted form of traer =
quisiste and trajo
the ustedes form of the verb "to obtain/get" =
obtenían
the usted form of the verb "to watch" and the nosotros form of the verb "to be" =
veía and éramos
I went to a museum, it was interesting. =
Yo fui a un museo, era interesante.
the ellos form of the verb "to prepare" and the yo form of the verb "to climb" =
prepararon and subí
the yo form and ellos form of the verb "to hear" =
oí and oyeron
the tú form of the verb "to receive" and the nosotros form of the verb "to wear" =
recibías and llevábamos
the nosotros form of the verb "to watch" and the tú form of the verb "to go" =
veíamos and ibas
We saw the new movie, it was long and boring. =
Nosotros vimos/miramos la película nueva, era larga y aburrida.