El pretérito:
verbos en -AR
What is “el
pretérito”?
Stuff that happened in the past!!
It’s DONE… OVER WITH!!
How do we conjugate an
AR verb en el pretérito??
There are 3simple
steps!!!
STEP
1
Drop
the
ending!
Let’s take
a look
CANTAR
to sing
STEP
2
Figure out
WHO DID
THE
ACTION??
I sang
You
sang
He or She sang
We sang
They sang
STEP
3
Add the
correct
ending:
-é-aste-ó-amos-aron
yo
tú
él
nosotros
ellos
CANTÉ
I sang
yo
canté
CANTASTE
you sang
tú
cantaste
CANTÓ
he or she sang
Él cantó
Ella
cantó
CANTAMOS
we sang
nosotros
cantamos
CANTARON
they sang
ellos
cantaron
IT’S
THAT
SIMPLE!!
Let’s
review
3 steps:
1.Drop the ending
CANTAR
to sing
3 steps:
1.Drop the ending
2.Figure out who did the
action
I sang
you sang
he or she sang
we sang
they sang
3 steps:
1.Drop the ending
2.Figure out who did the
action
3.add the correct ending
yo cant
tú cant
él/ella/Ud. cant
nosotros cant
ellos/ellas/Uds.cant
é
aste
ó
amos
aron
¡Qué
Bueno!