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Preterite
Preterite endings and usage / rules
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Preterite is used to talk about __ and __ that were completed in the past | actions / conditions |
| -ar endings | é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron |
| -er / -ir endings | í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron |
| Only __ and __ forms are accented | yo / 3pS |
| Only __ verbs stem change in the preterite | ir |
| Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar change spelling in the __ form | yo |
| -car verbs change the c to __ | qu |
| -zar verbs change the z to __ | c |
| -gar verbs change the g to __ | gu |
| Verbs that end in -eer (and oír), change the i to __ in the __ and __ forms. Accents are on the __, __, and __ forms | y / el / ellos / tu / nosotros / vosotros leer: leí, leíste, leyó, leímos, leísteis, leyeron |
| Estar: | estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron |
| Hacer: | hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron |
| Ir / Ser: | fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron |
| Dar: | di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron |
| Ver: | vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron |
| Decir: | dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijieron |
| Traer: | traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron |
| verbs that end in -cir follow the form of traer and decir: | conducir - conduje, condujiste, etc producir - produje, produjiste, etc traducir - traduje, tradujiste, etc |
| Conocer, saber, poder, no poder, querer, no querer all have different meanings in the __ | preterite |
| Andar: | anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieron |
| Tener: | tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron |
| Poder: | pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron |
| Poner: | puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusisteis, pusieron |
| Saber: | supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron |
| Haber: | Hubo |
| Querer: | quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron |
| Venir | vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron |
| In the preterite, __ verbs stem change only in the __ and __ form | -ir / el / ellos |
| E to ie verbs are ____ in preterite | e to i |
| E to i verbs are ___ in preterite | e to i |
| O to ue verbs are ___ in preterite | o to u |