A Review of the Preterite Tense and Groups El Pretérito A Review of the Preterite Tense and Groups
Groups Groups with Accents Groups without accents Regular endings Stem changes Yo group Y group Groups without accents Twins U I J
Groups with Accents
Stem Changes in the Preterite Must be a stem changing verb in the present Must end in –ir Changes only from o-u and e-i Changes only in 3rd person singular and plural
Dormir Dormí dormimos Dormiste dormisteis Durmió durmieron
Yo Group
Yo Group Characteristics Verbs that end in –gar, -car, and –zar Gar changes to gué Car changes to qué Zar changes to cé Changes only in the “yo” form
Apagar apagué apagamos apagaste apagasteis apagó apagaron Chocar choqué chocamos chocaste chocasteis chocó chocaron
“Y” Group
“Y” Group Characteristics Verbs that end in –er or –ir Verbs with a double vowel combination such as : ee- leer, ae- caer, oi- oír ui- construir, distribuir, changes only in 3rd person singular and plural Replace the “i” with a “y” (ex. ió- yó)
Leer leí leimos leiste leisteis leyeron leyeron Caer caí caimos caiste caisteis cayó cayeron
Los Gemelos
Gemelos- Twins Two sets of twins Identical Fraternal
(They are conjugated the same-exactly) Identical Twins Ir and Ser (They are conjugated the same-exactly) fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron
Dar and Ver Di Dimos Vi Vimos Diste Disteis Viste Visteis Dio Dieron Vio Vieron
Irregular Groups and Irregular Endings
Irregular Endings have NO accents! e imos iste isteis o ieron
“U” Group
“U” Group consists of 6 verbs with a u in the stem Andar- anduv estar- estuv Tener- tuv Poner- pus Poder- pud Saber- sup
U group Examples Andar anduve anduvimos anduviste anduvisteis anduvo anduvieron Saber supe supimos supiste supisteis supo supieron
“I” Group
“I” Group consists of 3 verbs with “i” in the stem Querer- quis Venir- vin Hacer- hic ***irregular 3rd person singular (hizo)
“J” Group
“I” Group Examples Querer Quise quisimos Quisiste quisisteis Quiso quisieron Hacer Hice hicimos Hiciste hicisteis Hizo hicieron
“J” group consists of “traer” and any verb which ends in “-cir” Traer- traj Decir- dij Conducir- conduj Traducir- traduj ***irregular 3rd person plural “eron” not “ieron”
“J” Group Examples Traer traje trajimos trajiste trajisteis trajo **trajeron Decir dije dijimos dijiste dijisteis dijo **dijeron