The document discusses the preterit tense of -ar verbs in Spanish. It provides the conjugations for the preterit tense of the verb "comprar" (to buy) across different subjects. Examples are given to illustrate using the preterit tense to talk about past actions, like "I bought a DVD yesterday." Context clues are needed to distinguish between the preterit and present tense forms of verbs ending in -ar, as the "nosotros" form looks the same in both tenses. For reflexive verbs, a reflexive pronoun must be used in the conjugation.
1. Preterit of –ar verbs
Use the preterit tense to talk about what
happened or what someone did at a specific
point in time. To form the preterit of –ar verbs, like
comprar, add these endings to the verb’s stem.
9. yo compré nosotros(as) compramos
tú compraste vosotros(as) comprasteis
Ud. Uds.
él compró ellos compraron
ella ellas
Ej) Yo compré un DVD ayer. Ej) Ella compró su boleto.
I bought a DVD yesterday She bought her ticket.
10. ** Note: The NOSOTROS form of –ar verbs look
exactly like the PRESENT tense form. You will have to
use CONTEXT clues to decide whether the speaker is
talking about the present or past.
Ej) Isa y yo gastamos mucho ayer. Casi nunca gastamos
tanto.
Isa and I spent a lot of money yesterday.
We hardly ever spend so much.
11. **Remember: If the verb is REFLEXIVE you need
to use a reflexive pronoun!
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Levantarse = to get up (got up)
me levanté nos levantamos
te levantaste os levantasteis
se levantó se levantaron