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The Preterite Tense
Unit 1 Tense : PreleriteTIME: Rt^fers to spe cific, compleled pastactionsKEY PHRASES: Certamlime (last night, yes terday at 1:00, lastJuly 4th); certainnumber of timesSTRICTI RE: Simpletense: verb base +endingThe Preterite TenseThe Preterite Tense allows you to refer to specific past actions per formed (1) at a fixed point in time, (2) a specific number oftimes, or (3) during an enclosed amount of key is the quantitative nature of the action. If the action is inthe past and you can pin-point it as to when or how many times itoccurred, you will use the Preterite Tense . It is as though therewere a frame or box around the action. Consider the followingsentences:Fixed point in time:I called you at 3 bought the car on Tuesday saw the movie last number of actions:I called you five ate ten read the book amount of time:I zvorked for eight movie lasted two and a half lived there for trvo each of the preceding sentences, the action's time is specific,measured in some way, either by the clock, the calendar, or num ber of times the action
Note: Most stem-changing verbs change only in the present tense (not in the preterite), e.g., contar (to count): yo cuento (I count); 310 c.onle (I counted). The exceptions to this are -ir stem-changing verbs, and are discussed under irregular verbs, on page 88. examples: Escribi una carta. / zvrote a letter. Comimos pizza. We ate pizza.
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