How to Conjugate Spanish Preterite Tense Verbs

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Spanish Preterite Tense Verbs

Using Spanish preterite tense verbs correctly is something that every student of Spanish should know how to do, and do well, as the preterite is probably the most widely used of all past tenses in Spanish.

However, the difficulty that many students face when learning the conjugation of verbs in the preterite tense is that there are large number of irregular verbs to master, many of which are an absolute necessity for use in day to day conversational Spanish.

If you are just starting out however, you should not concern yourself with the intricacies surrounding the conjugation of irregular verbs and first concentrate on mastering the basic preterite conjugation of regular verbs, and that is what will be covered here.

So, here are examples of three regular Spanish verbs, one from each of the three verb groups, conjugated in the preterite tense.

Hablar – to speak

• hablé – I spoke
• hablaste – you spoke
• habló – he/she spoke
• hablamos – we spoke
• hablasteis – you all spoke
• hablaron – they spoke

Abrir – to open

• abrí – I opened
• abriste – you opened
• abrió – he/she opened
• abrimos – we opened
• abristeis – you all opened
• abrieron – they opened

Beber – to drink

• bebí – I drank
• bebiste – you drank
• bebió – he/she drank
• bebimos – we drank
• bebisteis – you all drank
• bebieron – they drank

You may have noticed that the endings for the er and ir regular verbs are the same, which does make learning them a little easier.

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