Spanish 102 · Chapter 6
De compras
Talk about prices, sizes, and preferences in stores; narrate completed past actions with the preterite; use me, te, le, nos, os, les for recipients and with gustar-type verbs.
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What you'll learn
- Clothing, colors, and shopping phrases
- Preterite tense (regular and high-frequency irregulars)
- Indirect object pronouns
Grammar spotlight
The preterite views an action as a bounded event: Ayer compré zapatos. Regular -ar preterite endings are -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron; -er/-ir use -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron.
Indirect objects answer “to/for whom”: Le doy la bolsa (I give her the bag). IO pronouns often appear with gustar-type structures and with verbs of giving, showing, telling, and explaining.
¿Cuánto costó la chaqueta?
How much did the jacket cost?
Le expliqué el precio al dependiente.
I explained the price to the clerk.
Try a question
Sample question
Yo _____ (comprar) un regalo ayer. (preterite, yo form of comprar)
Related grammar topics
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