Preterite of Regular Verbs
The preterite is a past tense in Spanish. It is used for
actions that are COMPLETED in the past. The preterite endings are
added to the stem of the infinitive (habl-, com-, viv-).
Notice the -er and -ir verbs have the same endings
in the preterite.
| -ar verbs | |
| HABLAR | |
| hablé | hablamos |
| hablaste | hablasteis |
| habló | hablaron |
| -er verbs | |
| COMER | |
| comí | comimos |
| comiste | comisteis |
| comió | comieron |
| -ir verbs | |
| VIVIR | |
| viví | vivimos |
| viviste | vivisteis |
| vivió | vivieron |
NOTE: Ver has no accents in the preterite: vi,
viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron.