SPAN 2102 Lecture 1: Preterito de verbos regulares
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To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the following: aste amos asteis aron. To conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-er or -ir) and add one of the following: iste i imos isteis ieron. Here are all three regular preterite verb forms together: hablar comer vivir habl com viv hablaste comiste viviste habl comi vivi hablamos comimos vivimos hablasteis comisteis vivisteis hablaron comieron vivieron. Note: the nosotros forms for -ar and -ir verbs are the same in both preterite and present tenses: hablamos, vivimos. The preterite is used for actions that can be viewed as single events in the past. The preterite is used for actions that were repeated a specific number of times, or occurred during a specific period of time. The preterite is used for actions that were part of a chain of events.
