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) | |
| 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 | ||
| c | –> | qu |
| g | –> | gu |
| z | –> | c |
Por ejemplo…
tocar (to play) | pagar (to pay) | rezar (to pray) | ||
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| viví | partí | |
| viviste | partiste | |
| vivió | partió | |
| vivimos | partimos | |
| vivisteis | partisteis | |
| vivieron | partieron |
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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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