Comparing summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular
I can use the preterite tense to compare my summer experiences with someone else's.
Comparing summer experiences: -ar verbs 1st and 2nd person singular
I can use the preterite tense to compare my summer experiences with someone else's.
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Key learning points
- The 2nd person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-aste).
- The 1st person singular preterite of -ar verbs ends in (-é).
- There is no Spanish equivalent for the English auxiliary 'did'.
Keywords
Por - preposition meaning 'around' and 'along' when used to indicate the movement in a physical space and 'because of' when used to introduce the reason or motive behind an action
Porque - conjunction meaning 'because' used to introduce a reason or cause for something
Preterite - a verb tense to describe completed events in the past e.g. 'I did'
Common misconception
All the different persons of the -ar verbs in the preterite tense have the same endings, as in the English simple past, e.g. 'did', 'ate', 'went', 'learned'.
In Spanish, the endings for -ar verbs in the preterite tense differ depending on the grammatical person. The 'I' form ends in -é and the 'you' form ends in -aste.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
el agua
la carne
la fruta
el extranjero
el mundo
el hombre
to drink, drinking
to read, reading
to eat, eating
to discover, discovering
to live, living
to visit, visiting
Exit quiz
6 Questions
year
bus
song
concert
prize
to sing, singing
to take, taking (more used in Spain)
to win, winning
to try, trying
to take, taking (more used in Latin America)