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Preterite

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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 -ir verbs -ar verbs
HABLAR
hablé
hablaste
habló
hablamos
hablasteis
hablaron
COMER
comí
comiste
comió
comimos
comisteis
comieron
VIVIR
viví
viviste
vivió
vivimos
vivisteis
vivieron

NOTE: Ver has no accents in the preterite: vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron.