Observations May 23, 2014 - Preterit

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Observations May 23, 2014 - Preterit

#1 Post by SportsFan68 » Mon May 26, 2014 9:00 pm

I wish I had known when I was a kid how much easier it is to learn a new language before you hit your mid-teens or so; then maybe the Spanish preterit wouldn't have perplexed me so much in my 40s.
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Re: Observations May 23, 2014 - Preterit

#2 Post by elwoodblues » Mon May 26, 2014 10:08 pm

I remember that word from when I took Spanish in high school.
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Re: Observations May 23, 2014 - Preterit

#3 Post by Bob78164 » Tue May 27, 2014 2:05 am

I'd always seen that word spelled "preterite." --Bob
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