Spanish regular verbs in the preterite
- Categories
- Personal pronouns
- Cantar (to sing), pretérito perfecto
- Comer (to eat), pretérito perfecto
- Abrir (to open), pretérito perfecto
- Examples
Categories
Regular verbs are divided into 3 categories based on their ending: -ar, -er and -ir. We are going to use cantar (to sing), comer (to eat) and abrir (to open) as models.
Personal pronouns
yo
tú
él / ella / usted
nosotros / nosotras
(vosotros / vosotras)
ellos / ellas / ustedes
Cantar (to sing), pretérito perfecto
canté
cantaste
cantó
cantamos
(cantasteis)
cantaron
Comer (to eat), pretérito perfecto
comí
comiste
comió
comimos
(comisteis)
comieron
Abrir (to open), pretérito perfecto
abrí
abriste
abrió
abrimos
(abristeis)
abrieron
Notice how -er and -ir verbs have the same endings in this tense. Also, note how the first-person plural (nosotros) is identical to the present tense conjugation for -ar and -ir verbs.
Examples
Ayer comí pizza en Franky's. (Yesterday I ate pizza at Franky's.)
El lunes por la noche bailé en un club de salsa. (On Monday night I danced at a salsa club.)
El catorce de junio caminé mucho. (On June 14th I walked a lot.)
El viernes pasado a las cinco llamé a mi hermano. (Last Friday at five I called my brother.)
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