Spanish
Preterite Tense
Spanish
preterite tense is how you talk about an event that occurred in the
past. This can be a little tricky because Spanish has several past
tenses. However, you'll use this one to simply show a once and done
action. To form the Spanish preterite tense you'll
take the stem of a verb and add an ending that correlates to the
subject of the sentence.
All
verbs in Spanish end in -ar, -er, or -ir. You'll take off the ending
and add the new verb ending to make it the preterite tense. Here are
the endings...
| hablar | aprender | escribir | | -ar | -er | -ir | | hablé | aprendí | escribí | | hablaste | aprendiste | escribiste | | habló | aprendió | escribió | | hablamos | aprendemos | escribimos | | hablastéis | aprendistéis | escribistéis | | hablaron | aprendieron | escribieron |
Examples
of Spanish Preterite TenseYo
hablé con mi hermano.
I spoke with my brother. | El
profesor enseñó la clase.
The teacher taught the
class. | Tú
no aprendiste nada en la clase.
You didn't learn
anything in class. | Ellos
escribieron una carta.
They wrote a letter. | Nosotros
compramos comida.
We bought food. | ¿Cuándo
llegó ella?
When did she arrive? | Nadie
terminó la tarea.
Noone finished the homework. | Yo
esperé por una hora.
I waited an hour. | Él
vivió en China.
He lived in China. | Ustedes
pasaron por el correo.
You passed by the post
office. | Nosotros
no trabajamos hoy.
We didn't work today. | Volviste
a casa.
You returned home. |
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