A Past Tense Form |
| The
preterite tense is covered by two forms in English. |
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Notice
that the "did" form and the "-ed" form carry the
same meaning: |
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Infinitive |
"Did"
form |
Kids'
initial "-ed" form |
Corrected
"-ed" form |
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| to
burp |
it
did burp ... |
it
burped ... |
<-
Correct ! |
| to
cook |
she
did cook ... |
she
cooked ... |
<-
Correct ! |
| to
drink |
you
did drink ... |
you
drinked ... |
you
drank ... |
| to
fly |
I
did fly ... |
I
flied ... |
I
flew ... |
| to
go |
I
did go ... |
I
goed ... |
I
went ... |
| to
sleep |
they
did sleep ... |
they
sleeped ... |
they
slept ... |
| to
think |
he
did think ... |
he
thinked ... |
he
thought ... |
| to
write |
we
did write ... |
we
writed ... |
we
wrote ... |
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Language
learning is based on pattern recognition & development. |
That's
what creates the "false assumptions" in children's
language acquisition. |
If
you stick to what you know, i.e., these "false assumptions"
--- you'll learn the preterite much quicker. |
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It's
OK to make mistakes ! |
| Use
the "English error" of adding the "-ed" to every single
verb: |
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that
= Spanish preterite!!! |
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Notice
that the verb forms imply a "completed"
action. |
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Any
English verb can be placed in the blank,
being then in the "preterite tense."
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| These
choices in English reflect an action that is finished. |
| The
preterite tense simply states that "an act occurred." |
| It
provides information as an event, as something important.
It does NOT provide a setting. |
Spanish
preterite forms entail several sets of endings,
not nearly as difficult as the English "irregular
verbs." |
| These
endings are attached to the stem: Drop the AR, ER,
or IR before adding them. |
|
regular
AR verb endings |
|
é |
amos |
|
aste |
asteis |
|
ó |
aron |
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regular
ER & IR verb endings
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|
í |
imos |
|
iste |
isteis |
|
ió |
ieron |
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irregular
ER & IR verb endings
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|
e |
imos |
|
iste |
isteis |
|
o |
ieron |
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Notice
that the AR & IR nosotros endings are the same
as the nosotros endings in the present. |
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| Also
realize that these endings, when attached to the verb
stem, carry the full weight of : |
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A
few verbs in Spanish conjugate independently, not
following the patterns of any of the above charts
for the preterite tense forms. |
