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326 •  Chapter 4: La vida que vivimos ayer yesterday anoche last night esta mañana this morning en marzo in March el mes pasado last month la semana pasada last week el lunes on Monday hace dos días two days ago el cuatro de enero on January fourth ayer por la mañana yesterday morning These phrases are helpful because they limit the time frame that is being referred to. In Lengua 5.5, we will look at the imperfect tense, which is used to describe the way things were in the past. With the preterite tense, in contrast, we are talking about what happened. For example, we cannot use the preterite of caminar for saying that we “used to walk” home from school every day, but we can use it for saying we “walked” to class yesterday. One additional irregularity in the preterite is found in verbs like leer and incluir . These verbs undergo a spelling change: Leer: leí, leíste, leyó, leímos, leyeron Incluir: incluí, incluíste, incluyó, incluímos, incluyeron 48. La conjugación Fill in the chart below with the correct preterite forms of the verbs. Infinitivo Yo Tú Laura Nosotros Ellos Poner Puse Andar Anduviste Querer Quiso Traer Trajimos Ver Vieron Dar Di Saber Supiste Venir Vino Estar Estuvimos Poder Pude