You have already learned about the preterite tense. It is used to talk about terminated actions in the past. It works the same for “er” and “ir” verbs. Look at the conjugations of “beber” and “vivir” in the preterite. Notice how in the preterite, er and ir verbs conjugate the same way. ¡Qué fácil!
Follow these rules for the conjugations of regular er / ir verbs.
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| Repaso:
Terms associated with the Preterite |
|
|---|---|
| ayer | yesterday |
| ayer por la mañana | yesterday morning |
| ayer por la tarde | yesterday afternoon |
| anteayer | the day before yesterday |
| anoche | last night |
| desde el primer momento | from the first moment |
| después | afterwards |
| durante dos siglos | for two centuries |
| el año pasado | last year |
| el lunes por la noche | Monday night |
| el mes pasado | last month |
| el otro día | the other day |
| en ese momento | at that moment |
| entonces | then |
| esta mañana | this morning |
| esta tarde | this afternoon |
| hace dos días, años | two days, years ago |
| la semana pasada | last week |
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