Spa 2202 S18 Guide for Midterm - Mansfield University of

Some verbs have different meanings in Preterit Tense Present Tense Meaning Preterit Tense Meaning conocer to know (person, place, thing) to have met saber to know (facts, information) to have found out tener to have to have received or got poder to be able to succeed Negative Form to fail querer to want to have tried

21 The preterite

Ser, ir, and dar also have irregular preterites The preterite forms of ser and ir are identical Note that the preterite forms of ver are regular However, unlike other regular preterites, they do not take a written accent ser/ir fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron dar di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron

THE PRETERITE TENSE: REGULAR, STEM-CHANGING, SPELLING

II -ir verbs that stem-change in the present tense WILL continue to have stem-changes, but ONLY in the 3 rd person singular (usted, él, ella) and plural (ustedes, ellos, ellas) (e g dormir, servir, preferir, etc ) III They follow the same stem-changing pattern they have in the present progressive tense (" -iendo"):

The Preterite Tense

5 haber auxiliary, to have 6 poder to be able to 7 poner to put, place 8 saber to know 9 hacer to make, do 10 querer to want 11 venir to come anduv-estuv-tuv-

Preterite vs Imperfect: A Beginner’s Guide to the Past Tense

cumplir años – to have a birthday llegar – to arrive darse cuenta de – to realize morir – to die decidir – to decide nacer – to be born

Chap 1 : Auxiliaires be, do et have

Grammaise – Le Cours de Grammaire Anglaise 6 Chap 1 : Auxiliaires be, do et have 3 Auxiliaire DO C’est l’auxiliaire du présent simple et du prétérit simple