Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 2.15 | Preterite tense of irregular verbs

Episode Date: July 5, 2010

We’ll be continuing our study of the preterite tense in this week’s lesson and it’s time to take a look at some irregular verbs: hacer, ir, ver and dar in the preterite, so that you can talk about what you did, where you went, what you saw and more in the past. Please note that lesson 15 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 215 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.This season of Coffee Break Spanish features a total of 40 lessons, all of which will be included in the podcast feed. Just stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you’d like to benefit from video versions, lesson notes and bonus audio materials, you can access the premium version of Coffee Break Spanish in the Coffee Break Academy.Don’t forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here.If you’d like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram.You can also check out our Coffee Break Spanish Twitter page and the Coffee Break Languages YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, no days. How are we back to Coffee Break's Spanish? In this lesson, we're continuing to look at the preterate tense. And this time, it's at some irregular verbs. We'll consider, year, to do, bear, and dar, all in the preterate tense. So by the end of this lesson, you'll be able to conjugate these verbs and use them confidently in Spanish. So we're going to begin tonight with the question, Kara. What didiste?

What Ithiste? Now, Ithiste or Iiste, in Latin American Spanish, comes from the verb, Acer, or Acer. Ather. Can you remember what Ather means? To do. To do.

So, What did you do? Exactly. Ke didiste. Or, of course, in Latin America, Ke isiste. What didiste? Now, Ithiste comes from the verb Ather meaning to do and Ather is an irregular verb

We already came across the irregularities of the present tense Ago Aces Athe Athe Athemos Atheis Athen And it's now time to look at the preterate tense of Athera Now given that there's lots of CEs and CIs in the spelling of this verb Particularly in the preterate tense We're going to look at the Spain pronunciation first of all and then I'll conjugate the whole thing in Latin American Spanish pronunciation too. So to begin with, let's look at I did.

And that is Ithe. Ithe. Ithe. Ithe. Now, we've already come across. Ithiste. You did. Ithiste.

Ithiste. Or did you do in a question form. So I did, I did, I did, you did, I-C-I-C-E-E-C-E-E-S-E-E-S-E-E-O. And he, she, or it, did is I-O. I-O-I-Z-O. I-I-O. I-O. I-O.

Now, the WE-form is, Ithimos Ithimos Ithimos Ithimos The U plural in Spain form is Isisteis Icestis

Icestis And the V form is Icieron Ithieron Ithieron Ithieron So that's the they did

we did you all did they did we did we did you did you pluto did and they did Ithixteis did Icystice did I did you did I did you did the whole verb from the beginning so this is I did you did you did you pludel did

and they did Ice I did so Ice I didiste I did so Ithes I didisteys,

Icymes, Icestis, and they're very let's do the whole verb together in a one hour.

Ice did Ice dido we did didistice Icy Ice Ice

Icy Icy it's it's itiens Icystis Icy very

let's try it now with Latin American pronunciation so that would be Ise isiste

iso Iso Ise Isiste, Iso. Isimos, Isistis, Isieron. Isimos,

Isisthes, Isieron. Very well. Okay, Kara, I'm going to ask you, what did you with Antonio?

What would that mean? Oh, what did you do with Antonio? Exactly. So, what kind of answers might you give?

They might not involve doing. They might involve other things. I went to the cinema. So I went Alfine. Althine, you've got that bit right. Althine to the cinema. I went.

Now that's probably just a little bit tricky because we've got to think about which verb I went comes from. I went in English is the past tense of which verb? The verb to go. Exactly. To go.

I go, you go, I will go. I have gone. But I went. is extremely irregular in English. In Spanish, it's a little bit irregular too, because in the present tense, how would you say, I go to the cinema? Boy al-thine.

Boy al-thine. And when you come into the past and to the predicate tense in this situation, you say, Fui. Fui-al-thine. Fui-al-thine. Or if you want to say,

we went to the cinema, You would say, fuimos al-thine. Fiumos al-cine. You recognise the mos ending there of, yeah. So there's even patterns within the irregularity. That's the good thing about verbs. Fui al-Cine. Fui-Althine.

Kara, I'm going to put you on the spot here. How do you think you would say you went to the cinema, or did you go to the cinema? Not foe, but? Fuiste. Fue-ste, exactly right, because you take the Fui part of I went, that's ear in the preterate tense, and you add on that Iste ending, which we've come to know as part of the preterate tense for the two person. So, Fui-st-e, and I'm not going to ask you to guess the next one, because it's completely irregular, it's Fue. Fue

Fue, Fue, Fue, Fuesté, Fue, Fue, Fue Stee, Fue. Okay, so I went, Fue, Fue, You went, Wisté, he, or it went? Fue, very well, Now, we went, we've already covered. Fremos.

Femos, what would the U plural be? Fistais. Fisstais, very well. And, well, we'll, pluralize if you like the Fue and make it Fueron Fueron

So we have Fui Fuiiste Fue Fuemos Fistais Fuern Fue

Fiste Fue most Fistais Fueron Very bien Watch the stress there

Fistis Yeah Fueron Fueron Fue Fiste Fue most Fistis

Fueron Fue Fue was Fuste Fuerone Did you remember Acer? Yeah Okay

Try to I I did I did I did We did most Didstys Didan

Very well I've done I've done done, we've never do to do and in the

pretterate tent so I can ask you know what I've done I've been at the cinema and did you go anywhere else and we've

we're at the restaurant okay and we've and then after for example then then we're being specific about the restaurant

we went to the restaurant as if there's a restaurant you always go to. How would you say I went or we went rather to a restaurant? Fumas a restaurant? Very well. Okay so so weimos at the cinema

and then we're just to we must a restaurant okay? So Kara you asked me this time what I did with my wife for a Valentine's Day. What did with your husband?

Well, no we did much because my husband was a enferma. So, we'll not go into what tense that is because it's not the precedent, but we're not going to go into the tense just now. Estabba she was

Inferma? Ill. Ill, yeah. No we didn't do much. We didn't do much. because she was ill. But, but we must bemo a movie in the television.

But you watched a film on the television? Exactly. Bimos comes from Bair. Okay? And you've worked that out really well there because you probably recognized

either that that sounded a little bit like Ver and you know the preter at endings or... You watch a film. you recognised Pelicula and television but the important thing

is he worked it out that's the important thing when you're learning a language that you can try and pick out the bits that you do understand and construct something around that doesn't always work though that's just what you've got to remember

so no we did much because my my wife my esposa was just to point out can I use the word esposa

in Spain you can say it just doesn't sound my woman was ill It sounds terrible if you say that in English but esposa and Mujer are both used in Spain and that's both perfectly acceptable My esposa Estabe enferma she was ill

So that's a nice phrase So We've watched a film in the television We watched, we saw a film on television Okay, we'll be back in just a moment When you're not listening to Goughbyek Spanish You can still practice your Spanish with our regular posts on social media.

Find us on Facebook, just search for coffee break Spanish. We're Learn Spanish on Twitter, and you can keep up with the team through our regular posts on Instagram. Follow coffee break languages. It's our mission to help you turn your downtime into your due time. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. So, let's go through ber to see. bear

I saw is B B Like a Zz Z Z B As well since she's in love

Okay So B I saw You saw Any guesses Beiste Biste Okay

So we've got bees And now we've got Beistis Beistee And then he, she Or it'so Or indeed you saw Using the Usted form

Of course Pio bio and that's v i o bio bio bio biste bio bice bio wiso bimos we most very bien you also perfecto they so bierron perfecto very good so bierron very well so for veseo or indeed you plural polite using the usteadis form bieron B'i Biste B'o Bimos Bisteis bieron Bih Bistei Béon

Bistei Bion Now just while we're talking about Bair, I'm going to also mention Dar. Dar means, can you remember what Dar means, Cara? I remember the phrase Dar Una Woltta or

Dar una Fiesta. Yep. In those situations, means, dar a waltta is to go for a walk, dar on a fiesta as to throw a party. But the word dar on its own means to give. Okay. So, dar to give.

Now listen to how this is formed in the preterate. It's di, diiste, dios, diestis dieron. Since familiar. It does indeed. It's exactly the same as ber.

So, bear is bi. Bistee-bio compared to di-diste-di-io and Bimos-Bestis-Vi-on compared to Dimos-Distes diaron. So I can ask you another question, Kara, here. Antonio Te di-o an regalo? Yes, me-d-you-re-regalo. Very well then you changed that from Te-Dio to you he gave. Okay, so Di-he gave. I gave

Diste You gave Dio he gave Dimos we gave Distas you all gave Dieron They gave So

Te Dio To you he gave A regalo Yes A present Yeah A gift A present

Antoine Antonio Tio Tio A regalo Yes Antonio Me Jocolate

chocolate that is all no and the flowers very well did flowers yes very well very romantic no clear that

yes okay and you you did antonio a ragal can you work at what that means

did you give antonio a present exactly now le did este to him you gave and I just put in an a Antonio

to Antonio to make it very clear who we were talking about here. And to Antonio, you did a regalo? Yes. Le did a regal.

A regalo. What did you? Le did a book, Kara. No. But could you remember the word for whatever

it was you did give him? No. So you just made it up? Yes, I gave him cinema tickets. Cinema tickets. Okay. Billietes of cinema.

But the thing is, you made it up, you were able to speak. That's the most important thing. It doesn't really matter if you tell fibs when you're speaking a foreign language. The important thing is that you communicate. Very well. Okay, let's run through all these verbs. We've done quite a lot today. Let's go back to,

Acer. Ice, did, Iciste, Izo. Wecimos, didstais, diderone. Ice, I didiste, Izo,

weimos, icisteys, and didieron. Okay, and we'll just run through that again in Latin American pronunciation. So that's, Ise, isiste, Iso, we simos, existes, and siaron. Ise, isiste, iso,

isisest, and Iciedian. Just one wee thing there, watch the third person there, is Izzo, or Iso. Izo. It's not Izo. Okay, it's different from some of the other verbs,

because remember with, Ablar, we said Ablo, and put the stress on Ablo. But with Itho, the stress is on the first syllable, Iso. Izo. Or iso. Iso.

So, then we looked at Iir, and we had, can you remember what I went was? Fui? Fui, fiste, Fue. Fui, fiste foe foe. Fuisté fue'est

were. Fremus, fustais Fu'is were Very well So that was I went, I went, you went

He, sheer it went and so on Then we looked at Ber Bear means To see So that became

Bi Biste Bio Biste Bio Bimos Bisteys Piero Bimos

Bistais Pieroon Okay And finally We looked at Dar which was Kara, can you remember?

To give. Can you go through the whole conjugation please? I think so. Di, diiste, I, diastais

di diis di di diarean. Very bien. And just to revise one particular thing or review rather, one particular thing, if we say

I gave to him, how would you say? Le di. Very bien. Le di. And you can say, a plus the person's name

to make it more clear. Leighi a Antonio or A Antonio Lédi A Antonio Ledi. Okay, or indeed I could say Raquel Léry A Raquel Lédy.

Notice is the same word Leigh for to him and to her. Leighi Araquel, A Raquel Lédy. Leighie Arachel, A Raquel Lady

Okay. And if we look looked at he gave me, you would say. Medio. Medio. If you say, what did he give you? Te dieo. Te deo.

Okay, what te deo? Ke te deo. Que te deo. Very well, perfect. So let's just run through some of what we've been looking at today with a conversation here. So, then, a ver, Cara. What about the Fiesta of San Valentin?

Very well. Romantic? Yes, very romantic. What did you with Antonio? We went to the cinema and we saw a movie. Then we went to a restaurant. Fusts a restaurant

Spanish? Yes. And then what comisteys in the restaurant? We've eaten Paella Very Okay And what

How the paella? Delicioso Delicosa It's the paella Okay Or very Rica Also, too

You can say Rica Of food Really Rica Very rica Perfect So

So you So I'm Pella And after The restaurant Fistis A

some Disgoteca Or something So, so what did you? And then, what didstays in the discotheca? Baalamos. And ballasties, until what hour?

After the two? Very well, until the two of the, can you remember what the word was for early morning? Madrucada. Madrugada. Until the two of the madrugada. Yes.

Very well. It was very romantic. Very Romantico Perfecto Now you'll notice I said Fué Mu Romantico there What's foe?

It's from the verb ear So it means He went Yeah it doesn't quite sound right there Does it? But in actual fact

Fue can mean both He went or he was Now this is kind of complicated And in this situation It was

Okay Fue very romantic it was very romantic. In actual fact, ser to be in the past, in the preterate rather, works exactly the same as Iir in the past.

So, Fui, Fisté, Fue, Fue most, Fuiste's, Fueron. I was, Fui. Fui? You were, Fiste? Fue, he or she or it was. Fue?

Fue most, Fuestais, Fueron. Fiumus, Fistais, Fueroon. on. Don't worry too much about this at the moment. Just learn to understand it because if you're translating it was or he was, there are quite a few possibilities. So if you just concentrate for the time being on understanding, fue, interesting, fue, romantico, foe, and so on, and you'll be fine with that. Mani? And that's where we're going to leave it today for this edition of coffee break Spanish. Thanks for joining us. And we hope it

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