"there are many different
in spanish and in english. some tenses are
used to describe present action (as in the above examples), others describe past action.
others describe future action, and still others describe possible or hypothetical action.
the preterite tense is one of the tenses that is used to describe
action
specifically, it is used to talk about things that happened at a
time in
the past. all actions that are described using the preterite tense have a clear beginning
and a clear end: they started and ended in the past.
"they are
actions

Quă© tal? âżde dăłnde eres? âżcăłmo estăˇs? âżquă© hay de nuevo? 2. chau. nos vemos. igualmente. adiăłs. 3. hola, me llamo ăngel. soy el seă±or carvajal. saludos a fabiana. âżcăłmo se llama usted? 4. encantado. bien, gracias. âży tăş? no muy bien. regular. 5. le presento a david gonzăˇlez. âżcăłmo te llamas? te presento a federico. no hay de quă©. 2 emparejar match the questions and responses. one answer will not be used. —âżde dăłnde es usted? — —âżcăłmo te llamas? — —âżquă© hay de nuevo? — —âżcăłmo estăˇs? — —âżcăłmo se llama usted? — 3 conversaciones fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. —(1) dă­as, seă±or lăłpez. âżcăłmo (2) usted? —bien, gracias. âży (3) ? — fernando, âżde (4) eres? —(5) de colombia. 4 completar complete the conversation using words from the list. word bank reference buenas tardes de dăłnde eres mucho gusto soy felipe y tăş elena buenas tardes. felipe (1) . elena me llamo elena, âży tăş? felipe (2) . elena (3) . felipe el gusto es mă­o. elena (4) âż ? felipe soy de nicaragua. (5) âż ? elena de espaă±a.