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The following Spanish tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here! |
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31. Spanish Preterite Tense
The preterite tense expresses an action in the past. It is used to describe events that are finished or complete. It is formed by adding these endings to the infinitive stem.
| -ar verbs | -er and -ir verbs | |||
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| -é -aste -ó |
-amos -asteis -aron |
-í -iste -ió |
-imos -iste -eron |
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Viví en España dos años. I lived in Spain for two years.
Ellos hablaron con los niños. They spoke with the children.
Quién comió la fruta? Who ate the fruit?
For a detailed tutorial about Spanish Preterite including audio mp3s & worksheets, check out the Musical Spanish Grammar Tutorial |
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