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Meanings of preterit in English
Portuguese
preterito Spanish
pretérito perfecto simple The grammatical tense expressing actions which took place in the past.
Synonyms
Examples for "preterite"
Examples for "preterite"
1
There are no preterite storytellers, Harry; remember that.
2
Thus Ya enters into the future tense, and Zi in the preterite of all verbs requiring auxiliaries.
3
Thus, in all verbs the preterite and the past participle were the same and ended in -ED.
4
And in the preterite of the same verb, mattara, he has taken it away: mattaratit, he has taken it away from thee.
5
How can one tell the story of the finish in cold-blooded preterites?
1
One was that sensation of flying, as they whirled through snowy parks and along Riverside drive, past historic places and world-famous buildings.
1
Sylvia heard, or thought-hoped-sheheard , aslightstress on the past tense.
2
By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.
3
All that I say in this paper is in a paulo- past tense.
4
But perhaps that last sentence should now be in the past tense.
5
I don't know why I'm referring to it in the past tense.
1
"I fear not; I fear that it is rather praeterite than practical."
Usage of preterit in English
1
The past or preterit tense of Arise.
2
In life, as in (that for him more truly actual thing) literature, it was always the preterit that enthralled him.
3
"I should say I used to be, if you hadn't objected to my perfects and preterits."
4
"Pynchon keeps bleating about the preterit, right?"
5
; 277), the preterit of Eat.
Frequent collocations
Preterit through the time