Argentina
“En el cibercafé”

In this lesson you will learn to…
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Talk about technology
Talk about a series of events
Say what you did
Talk about indefinite or negative situations
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Preterite of regular –er and –ir verbs
Affirmative and negative words
Recuerdas?
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Affirmative tú commands
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Telling time
Foods and beverages
Preterite of regular –ar verbs

la cámara digital conectar a internet la dirección electrónica estar en línea hacer clic en el icono mandar el mensaje instantáneo navegar por internet la pantalla quemar un disco compacto digital camara to connect to the internet e-mail address to be online to click on icon to send instant messaging to surf the internet screen to burn a CD

el ratón el sitio Web el teclado tomar fotos anteayer el año pasado entonces luego más tarde por fin la semana pasada hoy ayer mouse
Web site keyboard to take pictures the day before yesterday last year then, so later, then later on finally last week today yesterday

ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: Remember that the preterite is a tense used to express an action completed at a definite time in the past (see pg. 138). In
English, regular verbs in the past tense end in –ed.
Regular –er and –ir verbs follow a pattern similar to regular –ar verbs in the preterite. How do you form the preterite of regular –er and –ir verbs?
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HERE is how…
In the preterite, -er and –ir verb endings are
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vendí
Vender  to sell vendimos
Vendiste
Vendió vendisteis vendieron escribir  to write escribí escribimos escribiste escribió escribisteis escribieron
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The yo forms and the usted /el /ella forms take accents.
Vendí la computadora.
I sold the computer.
Tomas escribió un correo electronico.
Tomas wrote and e-mail.
The nosotros(as) form of regular –ir verbs is the same in both the present and the preterite. Use context clues to determine the tense of the verb.
Salimos a las ocho anoche .
We left at eight o’clock last night .
The word anoche tells you that salimos is in the past tense.

You already know that c before a, o, u, and consonants makes the sound of the English k. To make this sound before e and i in Spanish, use qu.
que  queso pequeño raqueta qui  tranquilo quince quiero
¿Quieres ir al parque?
quemar equipo

Affirmative and Negative Words
ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: A double negative is the use of two negative words to express a negative idea.
Double negatives are considered incorrect in English. In Spanish, they are sometimes required.
There’s nobody at the door.
No hay nadie en la puerta.

Affirmative and Negative Words
Use an affirmative or a negative word when you want to talk about an indefinite or negative situation.
HERE is how…
Affirmative Words: algo alguien algún / alguno(a) o … o siempre también something someone some, any either … or always also

Affirmative and Negative Words
Negative Words: nada nadie ningún / ninguno(a) ni … ni nunca tampoco nothing no one, nobody none, not any neither … nor never neither, not either

Affirmative and Negative Words
Alguno(a) and ninguno(a) must match the gender of the noun they replace or modify.
They have different forms when used before masculine singular nouns.
alguno becomes algún
¿Conoces algún sitio Web cómico?
Do you know any funny Web sites?
ninguno becomes ningún
No conozco ningún sitio Web cómico.
I do not know any funny Web sites.

Affirmative and Negative Words
If a verb is preceded by no, words that follow must be negative. A double negative is required in Spanish when no precedes the verb.
No queremos nada.
We do not want anything.
No me gusta ninguna cámara digital.
I do not like any digital camara.

Affirmative and Negative Words
However, if the negative word comes before the verb, there is no need to use no.
Mi padre nunca usa la computadora.
My father never uses the computer.
Nadie navega por internet ahora.
No one is surfing the Web now.

See you in Unit 7 Lesson 2!