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Vocabulary Excercises

We have chosen 20 words and phrases out of this song to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.

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Grammar Exercises

This song provided a number of preterite tense verbs to practice. Full conjugations of these verbs can be found below.

You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs:

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Preterite Games – Practice the preterite tense verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.

Preterite Exercises – Practice the preterite tense verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.

Resources

Vocabulary List

Term	Meaning	P of S	Context
alumbrar	illuminate, light up; figure out, clarify	reg verb	alumbre
amarrar	to tie (up), fasten, secure; catch, hook	reg verb	amarrar
burlarse de	to make fun of, mock, ridicule		burlaste
caer	to fall	irreg verb	cae
confirmar	confirm, support, bolster, validate, prove	reg verb	confirman
conocer	to know; recognize; meet	verb, sp ch	conocí
culpar	to blame	reg verb	Cúlpame
defecto	defect, imperfection, fault, flaw	masc noun	defecto’
gente	people	fem noun	gente
llave	key; wrench; tap, faucet; switch; chokehold	fem noun	llave,
máscara	mask; mascara	fem noun	máscara
mentira	lie, falsehood	fem noun	mentira,
ni modo	oh well, nothing can be done, it is what it is		ni modo
orgullo	pride	masc noun	orgullo
papel	paper, piece of paper; document; role, part	masc noun	papel
preocuparse por	to worry about		preocupe’
quedar mal	to make a bad impression		quede’
regresar	to return, come back, go back; give back, take back	reg verb	regresar
seguir	to follow; pursue; understand; continue	sp and st change verb	Sigue
verdad	truth	fem noun	verdad

Preterite Tense

The Spanish preterite tense (el pretérito) is one of the past tenses in Spanish. It is used for actions that have been completed at some point in the past.

• Regular verbs add the endings from the chart below to the normal stem, found by simply removing the -ar, -er, or -ir from the infinitive.
• Several verbs, such as ‘ser’, ‘hacer’ and ‘ver’ (seen in this song) have irregular conjugations.
• There are verbs that require spelling changes in the preterite, though none are seen in this song.

Subject	-AR Verbs	-ER and -IR Verbs
1st person singular – yo	-é	-í
2nd person singular – tú	-aste	-iste
3rd person singular – él, ella, Ud	-ó	-ió
1st person plural – nosotros	-amos	-imos
2nd person plural – vosotros	-asteis	-isteis
3rd person plural – ellos, ellas, Uds	-aron	-ieron

Conjugations

Following are the full conjugations of the verbs that appear in the preterite tense in this song.

hacer: to do, make

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) hice	(nosotros) hicimos
2nd Person	(tú) hiciste	(vosotros) hicisteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted hizo	ellos/ellas/ustedes hicieron

ser: to be

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) fui	(nosotros) fuimos
2nd Person	(tú) fuiste	(vosotros) fuisteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted fue	ellos/ellas/ustedes fueron

ver: to see

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) vi	(nosotros) vimos
2nd Person	(tú) viste	(vosotros) visteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted vio	ellos/ellas/ustedes vieron

burlarse: to make fun of, mock, ridicule

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) me burlé	(nosotros) nos burlamos
2nd Person	(tú) te burlaste	(vosotros) os burlasteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted se burló	ellos/ellas/ustedes se burlaron

joder: screw, f*ck; bug, piss off, annoy; rip off, screw over; screw up, mess up

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) jodí	(nosotros) jodimos
2nd Person	(tú) jodiste	(vosotros) jodisteis
éis3rd Person	él/ella/usted jodió	ellos/ellas/ustedes jodieron

perder: to lose

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) perdí	(nosotros) perdimos
2nd Person	(tú) perdiste	(vosotros) perdisteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted perdió	ellos/ellas/ustedes perdieron

conocer: to know; recognize; meet

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) conocí	(nosotros) conocimos
2nd Person	(tú) conociste	(vosotros) conocisteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted conoció	ellos/ellas/ustedes conocieron

romper: break, tear, rip; wear out; break out

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) rompí	(nosotros) rompimos
2nd Person	(tú) rompiste	(vosotros) rompisteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted rompió	ellos/ellas/ustedes rompieron

ganar: to win; to earn; to beat

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) busqué	(nosotros) ganamos
2nd Person	(tú) ganaste	(vosotros) ganasteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted ganó	ellos/ellas/ustedes ganaron

pensar: to think

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) pensé	(nosotros) pensamos
2nd Person	(tú) pensaste	(vosotros) pensasteis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted pensó	ellos/ellas/ustedes pensaron