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The Spanish preterite ("el pretérito") is generally used to describe actions that:
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1) happened only once
(e.g., "I went to the store yesterday.") 2) happened more than once, but with a specific end (e.g., "He read the book five times.") 3) mark the beginning or the end of a process (e.g., "It began to rain.") |
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las terminaciones regulares del pretérito: verbos -AR
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yo = é
tú = aste él, ella, usted = ó nosotros = amos vosotros = asteis ellos(as), ustedes = aron |
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las terminaciones regulares del pretérito: verbos -ER / -IR
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yo = í
tú = iste él, ella, usted = ió nosotros = imos vosotros = isteis ellos(as), ustedes = ieron |
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CASO ESPECIAL 1: Verbs that have an e → ie or e → i root/stem change in the present tense also have...
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...an e → i root/stem change in the 3rd-person forms of the preterite!
servir = sirvió, sirvieron pedir = pidió, pidieron |
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CASO ESPECIAL 2: The verbs "morir" and "dormir" have the following 3rd person root/stem change in the preterite:
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o → u
morir = murió, murieron dormir = durmió, durmieron |