Preterite:

   ☝️ To form the preterite of regular verbs as well as -ar and -er verbs that have stem changes,     add the following endings to the stem of the infinitive.

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-ar:

Hablé

Hablamos

Hablaste

Hablasteis

Habló

Hablaron

-ir:

Abrí

Abriste

Abrió

Abrimos

Abristeis

Abrieron

er:

Comí

Comiste

Comió

comimos

comisteis

comieron

✌🏽 Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have spelling changes in the first person singular (yo) in the preterite. Notice that the spelling changes preserve the original sound of the infinitive for -car and -gar verbs.

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Los verbos con Cambios en la raíz:

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🤟🏻The preterite of hay is hubo (there was, there were).

🖖🏾 To talk about how long ago something happened, use the preterite with the following structure:

🖐🏻 There are a several ways to ask how long ago something happened. The following questions all translate to How long agodid you meet her?

El imperfecto

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-ar

empezaba

empezabas

empezaba

empezábamos

empezabais

empezaban

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-ir

sentía

sentías

sentía

sentíamos

sentíais

sentían