In this video lesson, we’ll be starting to learn how to do the preterite tense. The preterite is a past tense that deals with finished actions.
The present tense = I talk, I am talking,
Preterite = I talked.
There will be plenty more videos on this verb tense coming!
Hope this was helpful. Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions!
Check out the preterite conjugation sheet if you’d like a summary of the preterite!
Conjugation chart:
Vocabulario:
ayudar – to help
bailar – to dance
cantar – to sing
enseñar – to teach
estudiar – to study
hablar – to speak, talk
nadar – to swim
necesitar – to need
tocar – to play (an instrument)
trabajar – to work
visitar – to visit
la abuela – grandmother
el dinero – money
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This is a great sight! I’m just starting off as a Spanish teacher and was looking for a song that practices “ir” in the preterite. There is a song called “El Taxista”. If your interested, I could find it for you.
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Please could you add the vosotros as there are some european students here who will need this when travelling to Spain.
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your vocabulary list is in the wrong order from what you said. but anywase i realy like your videos; they actualy help me alot
This is a great sight! I am having some trouble in Spanish 2, but once i started to watch your videos they helped me a lot.
Thanks
I love all of your vids, they are so easy to understand!! 🙂
How do we know the difference with canto, doesnt that mean both “i sing” and “he sang”
Hey there! I’m so glad I stumbled across your page! I am actually a missionary in San Salvador, El Salvador! It’s so cool that you traveled there (recently?) as a translator! The church I work with here hosts around 15 mission teams from the States each year, and we use local youth as translators!
annnnyyywhoooo…I moved here in April (5 months ago!) with only super basic Spanish and I am learning 98% by immersion. My Spanish abilities have skyrocketed, but I definitely still need help. I have a lesson with a teacher once a week, but that doesn’t seem to be helping much with my verb conjugations. SO THIS IS AWESOME!
annnnyyywhoooo (again)…I don’t think the link under your video here for the preterite conjugation sheet is linking correctly. Ayudame porfa!!!
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Bendiciones,
Ashley
Estimado Senor Jordan,
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Muy agradecida,
Profesora Michael
Senor Jordan, these videos are amazing! Thank you for sharing your love for Spanish and your ability to teach with the world. <3
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