02 Preterite Regular IR verbs | Sr Jordan's Spanish Videos

02 Preterite Regular IR verbs

Hola. In this video lesson, we’ll be covering the preterite (past) tense of regular -IR verbs. Please note that if a verb is a stem changer and an -IR, this video will not apply to it. Enjoy!

Please let me know if you have any questions/comments/suggestions pertaining to this video!

Check out the preterite conjugation sheet if you’d like a summary of the preterite!

Conjugation chart:

preterite vivir copy

Vocabulario:
vivir – to live
viví – I lived
viviste – you lived
vivió – he/she/you (formal) lived
vivimos - we lived
vivieron - they lived
describir - to describe
escribir – to write
recibir - to receive
asistir a – to attend
occurir – to occur/happen
sufrir – to suffer

de – of, from
el coche – the car
el ensayo - essay
el examen – test/exam
el restaurante – restaurant
en – in
favorito – favorite
la clase de inglés – English class
la universidad – college
los abuelos – grandparents
los estudiantes – the students
mucho – much, a lot
una carta – a letter

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Related video(s):

    1. Preterite regular -AR verbs
    2. Preterite -AR verbs: -GAR, -CAR, -ZAR
    3. Preterite regular -ER verbs
    4. Preterite -IR Stem-Changers (e-i)
    5. Preterite -IR Stem-changers (o-u)

      2 Comments to “02 Preterite Regular IR verbs”

      1. By Randy, January 30, 2011 @ 8:36 pm

        I am tring to figure out why you have an “a” in….. Nosotros asistimos “a” la universidad. I know its not a personal “a”… Can you help me?

      2. By Señor Jordan, February 1, 2011 @ 11:20 am

        Well, some verbs have something extra that is required after them… asistir is one of them… when you attend a place or an event… you need to have the ‘a’ after it. There is no direct translation in English.

        -Sr. J

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