SPANISH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Preposition And Postposition
Document Summary
There are two simple tenses for the past: preterit (el pret rito, imperfect (el imperfecto) Preterit is used to discuss past events, actions, and conditions that are viewed as completed or ended. Nosotros/as forms of preterit of verbs ending in ar and ir are the same in present and preterit. Sal de la universidad a las dos, y llegamos a casa a las tres. I left the university at two, and arrived at three. Stem-changing verbs ending in ar and er don"t have a stem change in the preterit form. Verbs ending in car and gar have spelling changes in the yo form of preterit that reflects how the word is pronounced. Verbs ending in zar have a spelling change in the yo form because spanish rarely uses z before e. Some expressions can be used with preterit to denote events which took place in the past. Hace un d a/mes/a o (que) (it has been a day/month/year since)
