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APUNTES CAPÍTULO: 2B TEMA: The Preterite • Type of past tense that tells that an event happened AND was completed • Has a beginning or end • Use to say that something interrupted an on-going action • Use hubo, ‘there was’, to say that an event happened Ex. Hubo un terremoto = there was an earthquake YO I TÚ You (informal) -AR -ER & -IR é í aste iste ó ió amos imos aron ieron ÉL/ELLA/USTED He/She/It/You (formal) NOSOTROS/NOSOTRAS We (boys +girls/all boys) We (all girls) ELLOS/ELLAS/USTEDES They (all boys/boys +girls/about a group) They (all girls/about a group) You guys (talking to a group) ¡OJO! • ver doesn’t have any accents • No stem-changing verbs! • Verbs that end in -car, -gar and -zar have irregular yo forms -car --> qué buscar --> yo busqué = I looked -gar --> gué pagar --> yo pagué = I paid -zar --> cé almorzar --> yo almorcé = I ate lunch • The following cue words tell you to use the preterite: • Ayer = yesterday • Anoche = last night • La semana pasada = last week • El mes pasado = last month • El año pasado = last year • Hace + unit of time + que + verb = unit of time ago ...