Preterite: Regular 'AR' Verbs

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 8.2.1

Regular AR Verbs in the Preterite Tense

To form the preterite tense of regular AR verbs, remove the AR and add the correct endings for each person. Here is the example with 'hablar' (to speak, talk):

Hablé - I spoke

Hablé - I spoke

Hablaste - you spoke

Hablaste - you spoke

Habló - he/she spoke / you spoke (formal)

Habló - he/she spoke / you spoke (formal)

Hablamos - we spoke

Hablamos - we spoke

Hablasteis - you spoke (plural)

Hablasteis - you spoke (plural)

Hablaron - they spoke / you spoke (formal plural)

Hablaron - they spoke / you spoke (formal plural)

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