SPAN 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Preterite, Paella, Vehicle Identification Number

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Spanish
• Course: SPAN 2001
• Professor: Juan Camargo

Document Summary

The nosotros/as form of the preterite form of -ar and -ir verbs is the same as their present tense forms: context will help determine if it is present or past. Stem-changing verbs ending in -ar and -er do not have a stem change in the preterite. -car, -gar, -zar verbs have a spelling change in the yo form: -car -> -qu , -gar -> -gu , -zar -> -c . Creer, leer, and o r have a spelling change in the third person forms: crey , creyeron, ley , leyeron, oy , oyeron. Use preterite to talk about: completed actions in the past, the beginning or end of an action, actions in the past with an implied sequential order. Expressions used with the preterite: anoche: last night, anteayer: day before yesterday, ante(a)noche: night before last, ayer: yesterday, el a o/mes pasado: last year/month, la semana pesada: las week, una semana atr s: a week ago.