
	Where results make sense

Topic: Preterite

Related Topics

Grammatical tense

Perfect tense

Passive voice

Reduplication

Gothic language

Old Norwegian

Abrogans

Old High German

Old Norse

In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Preterite and Imperfect: General
		The usage of the preterite and the imperfect is one of the most difficult aspects of Spanish for an English-speaker.
		Essentially, both the preterite and the imperfect are past tenses, much as the way "he did" and "he was doing" both express past action in English.
		Mostly, the correct usage of the preterite and the imperfect is a function of experience in Spanish, listening to and reading native Spanish, and practice.
	www.trinity.edu /mstroud/grammar/pretimp.htm (531 words)

	Spanish Grammar: preterite part one
		The preterite is used for actions that were repeated a specific number of times, or occurred during a specific period of time.
		The preterite is used for actions that were part of a chain of events.
		The preterite is used to state the beginning or the end of an action.
	www.studyspanish.com /lessons/pret1.htm (261 words)

	Preterite or Imperfect
		Because Spanish has both a preterite tense and an imperfect tense, Spanish can use the verb tense to make distinctions about what happened in the past, distinctions that aren't always made in English verb forms.
		Thus while both fue a tu casa (preterite tense) and iba a tu cas a (imperfect tense) can be translated into English as "I went to your house," to Spanish speakers the two sentences have quite different meanings.
		First, a quick review: The preterite tense (sometimes called the preterit tense) generally is used to describe an event that happened at a specific point in time and was completed; the imperfect is used in telling of events that happened continually, habitually or over an indefinite period of time.
	www.sarasota.k12.fl.us /rhs/DasR/Preterit.htm (660 words)

	Spanish Grammar: preterite vs imperfect part one
		Compare the verb "hablar" conjugated in the preterite and the imperfect.
		Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed.
		Use of the preterite tense implies that the past action had a definite beginning and definite end.
	www.studyspanish.com /lessons/pretimp1.htm (275 words)

	The Goldogrin Past Tense
		Weak preterites in Goldogrin are formed simply by the addition of a suffix (‑i, ‑thi, or ‑ni) to the stem, which remains otherwise unchanged,2 e.g., celu- trickle, pret.
		The preterite of the negative verb û;- not to be, not to do was originally given in GL as ûthi (i.e., Weak II û- + ‑thi), and reinterpretation of this as a Weak I preterite (ûth- + ‑i) might have given rise to *uth- as a variant negative prefix.
		Strong II preterites are formed by nasal infixion, i.e., a homorganic nasal (m, n, ŋ)11 was added to the verb-stem before the last consonant.
	www.elvish.org /Tengwestie/articles/Wynne/goldpat.phtml (5758 words)

	Grammar10
		The verb comprar is a regular -ar verb in the present and the preterite tense.
		The verb ir is an irregular verb in the present and the preterite tense.
		The verb hacer is an irregular verb in the present and the preterite tense.
	www.frsd.k12.nj.us /jpcwl/budde/grammar10.htm (267 words)

	The preterit tense in Spanish
		A special class of verbs are referred to as strong stem preterits since they have a special stem which is “strong” enough to carry the stress in the yo and él/ella/usted forms, instead of the ending being stressed such as occurs in the forms hablé and habló.
		The preterit views an action or state as: 1) being in the past, and 2) over and done with (as opposed to the imperfect, which often views it as being in progress).
		Since the preterit focuses on the action as being over and done with, the preterit sometimes connotes a different meaning when compared to other tenses.
	users.ipfw.edu /jehle/courses/preterit.htm (832 words)

	Preterite Tense
		The preterite tense de notes an action or actions that were begun in the past or that were completed in the past.
		The Preter ite Indicative Tense of Irregular Verbs.
		ir being exactly alike in the preterite, can be distinguished only according to their use in the sentence.
	www.gbc.edu /~grantm/PreteriteTense.htm (167 words)

	LILT:Preterite (German)
		There is very little difference in meaning between the preterite and the perfect tense but there are some variations in usage.
		Both the preterite and perfect relate actions or events which took place in the past; the perfect tends to relate isolated acts at a given/ precise moment in the past, while the preterite relates a sequence of actions in the past.
		The preterite is therefore the main tense of narrative and is the main past tense used in formal written German, for instance in novels and journalistic texts.
	www.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/preteriteger.htm (365 words)

	Preterite Tense Conjugation - Regular Verbs. - Spanish Language
		The Spanish Preterite is used to refer or talk about past actions that have a concrete beginning and end in time.
		All Spanish Regular verbs are conjugated, in Preterite tense, according to these three regular verbs models on the table above.
		To conjugate regular Spanish verbs in the preterite tense, we first take the root (stem) of the verb and then we add the corresponding tense / person ending.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art30431.asp (396 words)

	Preterite
		For regular verbs that in the indicative end in ar you form the preterite tense by dropping the ar ending and adding the appropriate ending using the chart below.
		For regular verbs that in the indicative end in er you form the preterite tense by dropping the er ending and adding the appropriate ending using the chart below.
		Notice that regular verbs that end in -er and regular verbs that end in -ir you form the preterite tense of the verb using the same endings.
	www.ctspanish.com /words/verbs/preterite.htm (298 words)

	PRETERITE PAST (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Today we have the simple past, the "preterite" which does not follow the regular three part analysis and we have to look at it from another point of view.
		Before we take a look at the forms of the "preterite", let's remind ourselves of the other form which we use to describe events in the past.
		To form the preterite we start with the "root" or "stem" of the verb, just like we did with the other forms.
	www.bloomington.in.us /~rlee/website/tutor/pret.html (1601 words)

	LILT:Preterite (German)
		There is very little difference in meaning between the preterite and the perfect tense but there are some variations in usage.
		Both the preterite and perfect relate actions or events which took place in the past; the perfect tends to relate isolated acts at a given/ precise moment in the past, while the preterite relates a sequence of actions in the past.
		The preterite is therefore the main tense of narrative and is the main past tense used in formal written German, for instance in novels and journalistic texts.
	www2.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/preteriteger.htm (365 words)

	Pepe, the bull (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The English form of a verb in the preterite is usually the simple past tense: hablé=I spoke, comiste=you ate, vivió=he lived.
		The preterite views an action or state as being done and completed in the past.
		Since the preterite focuses on the action as being over and done with, the preterite sometimes takes on a different meaning when compared to other tenses.
	home.comcast.net /~pepethebull/todos/preterite.html (539 words)

	Preterite Tense Irregular
		The Preterite Tense - verbs that have a spelling change in the stem.
		These verbs use the same endings in the preterite tense that other -AR, -ER, -IR verbs use.
		These verbs are conjugated the same in the preterite.
	www2.chappaqua.k12.ny.us /hgfaculty/jasarris/Preterite/preterite_tense_irregular.htm (131 words)

	Spanish Conjugations: Preterite
		The preterite is formed by taking the infinitive, dropping the last two letters, and
		For -ir stem changing verbs, the third person singular and third person plural forms of the preterite undergo the same stem changing that takes place in the present tense.
		The following verbs build their preterite from a stem.
	www.languageguide.org /espanol/conju/preterite.html (71 words)

	Grammar: Preterite Tense - Regular Verbs
		The Preterite Tense in Spanish is a past tense used to expressed an action completed at a definitive time in the past.
		Another way of looking at the Preterite is by thinking of whether an action happened once, or was still going on.
		There are 2 sets of endings for the Preterit Tense, compared with 3 for the Present Tense.
	www.positivelyspanish.com /grammarlessons/50.html (220 words)

	The uses of the Spanish Preterite and Imperfect past tenses
		Trying to decide when to use the Preterite and when to use the Imperfect is one of the challenges of learning these two tenses.
		We generalize and say that the Imperfect is used to describe a scene and the Preterite is used to list series of completed actions.
		This is a series of actions in the Preterite which happened within the setting established by the Imperfect.
	www.drlemon.net /Grammar/pretvsimp.html (535 words)

	Spanish Verb Conjugation: Indicative Mood: Preterite Tense
		The preterite tense is covered by two forms in English.
		Spanish preterite forms entail several sets of endings, not nearly as difficult as the English "irregular verbs."
		These endings are attached to the stem: Drop the AR, ER, or IR before adding them.
	www.rcaguilar.com /spanish/verbs/tns-ind-preterite-01.htm (270 words)

	Preterite vs. Imperfect
		These tenses are frequently used in narrating past events in Spanish are the preterite and the imperfect.
		The preterite describes a completed act: the writer views it as over and done with, and the reader or listener knows how it turned out.
		It may focus on either the beginning or the end of an action, but the action or event is seen as complete.
	www.uky.edu /~dfslad0/102/preimperf.html (140 words)

	Preterite
		There are some other forms of the past tense, but the preterite is the first and simpilest of them.
		The preterite is used when speaking of thing occuring once in the past.
		If you have any questions about the preterite, please mail me at jholder@descartes.coker.edu with the subject "e; Preterite "e;.
	www.angelfire.com /sc/espanol/preterite.html (90 words)

	Spanish Preterite
		The preterite tense is used to describe events that happened at a definite point in the past.
		For example, if you are talking about how old you were, or what you used to do when you were in school, or what you were doing when something else happened, you would generally use the imperfect.
		The preterite is actually the more difficult to conjugate of the two past tenses.
	www.rocketlanguages.com /spanish/spanish_preterite.php (1037 words)

	LILT:Preterite (French)
		The preterite is not a concept which is commonly used in French.
		) is the tense which generally corresponds in use to the English preterite.
		) is the clear equivalent of the English preterite.
	www2.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/preteritefr.htm (83 words)

	Spanish Preterite Tense - Conjugation of Irregular Verbs (I) - Spanish Language
		Spanish Preterite Tense - Conjugation of Irregular Verbs (I) - Spanish Language
		Spanish Preterite Tense - Conjugation of Irregular Verbs (I)
		There are more grammar points about Irregular verbs and they Preterite conjugation that we'll study soon.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art30616.asp (310 words)

	Spanish Grammar: preterite vs imperfect part one (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You will also learn the basic difference between the preterite and the imperfect, so that you can begin using them correctly.
		Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed.
		Use of the preterite tense implies that the past action had a definite beginning and definite end.
	www.bonus.com /contour/study_spanish/http@@/www.studyspanish.com/print/pretimp1.htm (295 words)

	Sp. Gr. (Preterite: Imperfect or Indefinite?)
		If the verbal action marks the begining of a state, the preterite is used.
		Present of direct discourse switches to imperfect for past indirect discourse.
		If the time in which the action took place is specifically defined, the preterite is used, whether the time span is an instant or eons.
	www.columbia.edu /~js2348/gimpxa.html (926 words)

	Amazon.com: preterite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Perfect and the Preterite in Contemporary and Earlier English (Topics in English Linguistics) by Johan Elsness (Hardcover - Jun 1996)
		Press preterite: Twenty years (and one) of a hobby by Emerson G Wulling (Unknown Binding - 1937)
		A new method of learning with facility the Latin tongue,: Containing the rules of genders, declensions, preterites, syntax, quantity, and the Latin accents,...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=preterite&tag=icongroupinterna&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (461 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)