Los verbos regulares en el pretérito

Some regular –ar verbs in the preterite tense. acampar – to camp aceptar – to accept arreglar – to arrange ayudar – to help bailar – to dance bajar – to go down bucear – to scuba dive caminar – to walk cocinar – to cook completar – to complete comprar – to buy cantar – to sing celebrar – to celebrate cenar – to eat dinner cerrar – to close contestar – to answer continuar – to continue cortar – to cut cuidar – to take care dejar – to leave desayunar – to eat breakfast mejorar – to improve mirar – to look at, to watch nadar – to swim necesitar – to need olvidar – to forget pasar – to pass, to spend time patinar – to skate pintar – to paint practicar – to practice preguntar – to ask, to question preparar – to prepare quitar – to remove recomendar – to recommend regresar – to return terminar – to end tomar – to take, to drink trabajar – to work usar – use viajar – to travel visitar – to visit descansar – to relax dibujar – to draw disfrutar – to enjoy durar – to last enviar – to send escuchar – to listen to esperar – to wait, to hope esquiar – to ski estudiar – to study explicar – to explain gritar – to scream, to yell ganar – to win, to earn hablar – to speak, to talk invitar – to invite lavar – to wash limpiar – to clean llamar – to call llevar – to wear, to carry

acampar – to camp

aceptar – to accept

arreglar – to arrange

ayudar – to help

bailar – to dance

bajar – to go down

bucear – to scuba dive

caminar – to walk

cocinar – to cook

completar – to complete

comprar – to buy

cantar – to sing

celebrar – to celebrate

cenar – to eat dinner

cerrar – to close

contestar – to answer

continuar – to continue

cortar – to cut

cuidar – to take care

dejar – to leave

desayunar – to eat breakfast

mejorar – to improve

mirar – to look at, to watch

nadar – to swim

necesitar – to need

olvidar – to forget

pasar – to pass, to spend time

patinar – to skate

pintar – to paint

practicar – to practice

preguntar – to ask, to question

preparar – to prepare

quitar – to remove

recomendar – to recommend

regresar – to return

terminar – to end

tomar – to take, to drink

trabajar – to work

usar – use

viajar – to travel

visitar – to visit

Let’s review the pronouns. Yo I Nosotros We Tú You (informal) Él He Ella She Usted You (formal) Ellos They (m.) Ellas They (f.) Ustedes You all

REGULAR VERBS THAT END IN –AR To conjugate the regular verbs that end in –ar in the preterite tense, you must remove the –ar ending and replace it with the following endings. Yo - é Nosotros - amos Tú - aste Él Ella - ó Usted Ellos Ellas - aron Ustedes

Here is an example: Let’s conjugate the verb Hablar (to speak, to talk) You should remove the –ar ending from the verb Habl ar and add the correct ending for each subject. Yo habl é (I spoke) Nosotros habl amos (We spoke) Tú habl aste (You spoke) Él (He spoke) Ella habl ó (She spoke ) Usted (You spoke -formal) Ellos (They spoke) Ellas habl aron (They spoke) Ustedes (You all spoke)

-ar Verbs that end in –car, -gar and –zar These verbs have an irregular ‘yo’ form. -car : Change the c to qu Ejemplo: practicar – yo practiqu é (I practiced) -gar : Change the g to gu Ejemplo: jugar – yo jugu é (I played) -zar : Change the z to c Ejemplo: empezar – yo empec é (I began)

-car : Change the c to qu

Ejemplo: practicar – yo practiqu é (I practiced)

-gar : Change the g to gu

Ejemplo: jugar – yo jugu é (I played)

-zar : Change the z to c

Ejemplo: empezar – yo empec é (I began)

Some –ar verbs that end in –car, –gar and –zar Verbs that end in –car buscar – to look for marcar – to dial practicar – to practice sacar – to take out tocar – to play (an instrument ) Verbs that end in –gar jugar – to play llegar – to arrive pagar – to pay Verbs that end in –zar almorzar – to eat lunch cruzar – to cross empezar – to begin oganizar – to organize

Verbs that end in –car

buscar – to look for

marcar – to dial

practicar – to practice

sacar – to take out

tocar – to play (an instrument )

REGULAR VERBS THAT END IN –ER AND –IR Both –er and –ir verbs have the same endings in the preterite tense. To conjugate the regular verbs that end in –er and –ir in the preterite tense, you must remove the –er or –ir ending and replace it with the following endings: Yo - í Nosotros - imos Tú - iste Él Ella - ió Usted Ellos Ellas - ieron Ustedes

Both –er and –ir verbs have the same endings in the preterite tense.

To conjugate the regular verbs that end in –er and –ir in the preterite tense, you must remove the –er or –ir ending and replace it with the following endings:

Some regular –er verbs in the preterite tense. aprender – to learn beber – to drink comer – to eat comprender – to understand correr – to run defender – to defend entender – to understand nacer – to be born perder – to lose responder – to answer romper – to break vender – to sell

aprender – to learn

beber – to drink

comer – to eat

comprender – to understand

correr – to run

defender – to defend

entender – to understand

nacer – to be born

perder – to lose

responder – to answer

romper – to break

vender – to sell

Here is an example: Let’s conjugate the verb Comer (to eat) You should remove the –er ending from the verb Com er and add the correct ending for each subject. Yo com í (I ate) Nosotros com imos (We ate) Tú com iste (You ate) Él (He ate) Ella com ió (She ate ) Usted (You ate -formal) Ellos (They ate) Ellas com ieron (They ate) Ustedes (You all ate)

Some regular –ir verbs in the preterite tense. abrir – to open añadir – to add asistir – to attend compartir – to share describir – to describe descubrir – to discover escribir – to write partir – to leave permitir – to allow recibir – to receive salir – to go out, to leave subir – to go up vivir – to live

abrir – to open

añadir – to add

asistir – to attend

compartir – to share

describir – to describe

descubrir – to discover

escribir – to write

partir – to leave

permitir – to allow

recibir – to receive

salir – to go out, to leave

subir – to go up

vivir – to live

Here is an example: Let’s conjugate the verb Escribir (to write) You should remove the –ir ending from the verb Escrib ir and add the correct ending for each subject. Yo escrib í (I wrote) Nosotros escrib imos (We wrote) Tú escrib iste (You wrote) Él (He wrote) Ella escrib ió (She wrote ) Usted (You wrote -formal) Ellos (They wrote) Ellas escrib ieron (They wrote) Ustedes (You all wrote)

Let’s conjugate some more regular verbs in the preterite tense. Cantar – to sing canté cantamos cantaste cantó cantaron Preparar – to prepare preparé preparamos preparaste preparó pepararon Correr – to run corrí corrimos corriste corrió corrieron Recibir – to receive recibí recibimos recibiste recibió recibieron

Actividad 1. Translate the following sentences. I received a gift last week. Yo recibí un regalo la semana pasada. The boys studied a lot last night. Los chicos estudiaron mucho anoche. My mother prepared paella yesterday. Mi mamá preparó paella ayer. You wrote a letter the day before yesterday. Tú escribiste una carta anteayer.

I received a gift last week.

Yo recibí un regalo la semana pasada.

The boys studied a lot last night.

Los chicos estudiaron mucho anoche.

My mother prepared paella yesterday.

Mi mamá preparó paella ayer.

You wrote a letter the day before yesterday.

Tú escribiste una carta anteayer.