Conjugaciones del pretérito: verbos regulares
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Most regular Spanish -ar, -er, and -ir verbs are conjugated with a standard root (found by dropping the infinitive) plus the appropriate endings.
Regular –ar verbs
The pretérito endings for regular –ar verbs are:
- -é
- -aste
- -ó
- -amos
- -asteis
- -aron
Por ejemplo…
hablar (to talk) |
mirar (to look at) |
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hablé | miré | |
hablaste | miraste | |
habló | miró | |
hablamos | miramos | |
hablasteis | mirasteis | |
hablaron | miraron |
Verbs that end in –car, –gar, or –zar take on a spelling change in the yo form of the pretérito:
changes to | ||
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qu |
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gu |
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Por ejemplo…
tocar (to play) |
pagar (to pay) |
rezar (to pray) |
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toqué | pagué | rezecé | ||
tocaste | pagaste | rezezaste | ||
tocó | pagó | rezezó | ||
tocamos | pagamos | rezezamos | ||
tocasteis | pagasteis | rezasasteis | ||
tocaron | pagaron | rezezaron |
Regular –er verbs
The pretérito endings for regular –er verbs are:
- -í
- -iste
- -ió
- -imos
- -isteis
- -ieron
Por ejemplo…
comer (to eat) |
deber (to have to) |
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comí | debí | |
comiste | debiste | |
comió | debió | |
comimos | debimos | |
comisteis | debisteis | |
comieron | debieron |
Regular –ir verbs
The pretérito endings for regular –ir verbs are identical to those for –er verbs:
- -í
- -iste
- -ió
- -imos
- -isteis
- -ieron
Por ejemplo…
vivir (to live) |
partir (to leave) |
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viví | partí | |
viviste | partiste | |
vivió | partió | |
vivimos | partimos | |
vivisteis | partisteis | |
vivieron | partieron |
Pretérito Quizzes
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More pretérito lessons
- Introduction to pretérito
- Conjugations of stem-changing verbs
- Conjugations of irregular verbs
- Pretérito conjugations – PwLS super list
- Pretérito vs Imperfecto
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