Saturday, March 19, 2022

ELEMENTARY 2 COURSE, 2022, CLASS 8

 This week we revised the preterite tense - EL PRETÉRITO


We looked at some verbs and we conjugated them into the first person in the past: 

pasar (to spend) - pasé (I spent)

tomar (to take) - tomé (I took)

nadar (to swim) - nadé (I swam)

cenar (to have dinner) - cené (I had dinner)

alojarse (to stay) - me alojé (I stayed)

comer (to eat) - comí (I ate)

conocer (to meet) - conocí (I met)

salir (to go out) - salí (I went out)

hablar (to speak) - hablé (I spoke)

beber (to drink) - bebí (I drank) 

vivir (to live) - viví (I lived)

levantarse (to get up) - me levanté (I got up)


In groups we worked on the questions on page 18. Some examples: 


¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado? - What did you do last weekend?

El fin de semana pasado fui a la playa y caminé con mi perro - Last weekend I went to the beach and walked my dog.

¿Qué hiciste el verano pasado? - What did you do last summer?

No hice mucho. Dormí y descansé. También leí muchos libros - I didn’t do much. I slept and chilled. I also read a lot of books.

¿Qué hiciste anoche? - What did you do last night?

Anoche cené pescado y vi la televisión - Last night I had fish for dinner and watched TV

¿Qué hiciste hace una hora? - What did you do an hour ago?

Hace una hora llegué a la universidad y comencé mi clase de español - An hour ago I arrived at the college and started my Spanish class. 


Other new verbs we learnt: 

jugar (to play) - jugué (I played)

montar a caballo (to ride a horse) - monté a caballo (I rode a horse)

lo pasé genial / lo pasé bomba - I had a great time


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