Preterite Tense - Regular Verbs | Language by Video - Learn Spanish Grammar | Intermediate | The preterite tense is used to express COMPLETED ACTIONS in the PAST. Examples No me abrió la puerta. He didn't open the door for me ¿Qué comisteis en el restaurante? What did you eat in the restaurant? Se afeitaron antes de desayunar. They shaved before breakfast. En la arena encontré un anillo de oro. In the arena, I found a gold ring. There are 2 main groups to forming the preterite. -ar verbs and -er/-ir verbs tomar (-ar verbs) comer (-er/ir verbs) yo tomé comí tú tomaste comiste él, ella, Ud. tomó comió nosotros/as tomamos comimos vosotros/as tomasteis comisteis ellos, ellas, Uds. tomaron comieron Note 1. The endings of -er and -re are the same. 2. The "we" part of both groups is nearly the present tense. Context makes it clear which is used. Reflexive Verbs in the Preterite. me levanté te levantaste se levantó nos levantamos os levantasteis se levantaron

Preterite Tense - Regular Verbs

The preterite tense is used to express COMPLETED ACTIONS in the PAST.

Examples

No me abrió la puerta.
He didn't open the door for me

¿Qué comisteis en el restaurante?
What did you eat in the restaurant?

Se afeitaron antes de desayunar.
They shaved before breakfast.

En la arena encontré un anillo de oro.
In the arena, I found a gold ring.

There are 2 main groups to forming the preterite. -ar verbs and -er/-ir verbs

	tomar (-ar verbs)	comer (-er/ir verbs)
yo	tomé	comí
tú	tomaste	comiste
él, ella, Ud.	tomó	comió
nosotros/as	tomamos	comimos
vosotros/as	tomasteis	comisteis
ellos, ellas, Uds.	tomaron	comieron

Note

1. The endings of -er and -re are the same.

2. The "we" part of both groups is nearly the present tense.
Context makes it clear which is used.

Reflexive Verbs in the Preterite.

me levanté

te levantaste

se levantó

nos levantamos

os levantasteis

se levantaron

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Practice: Preterite Regular Verbs