Notes #2: El pretérito
Regular Preterite Verb Endings: -ar -er AND -ir í imos iste isteis ió ieron é amos aste asteis ó aron
verbs that end in –car, -gar, and -zar To preserve the sound, verbs that end in -car, -gar, and –zar change in the yo form of the preterite tense. -car -gar -zar qué **The rest of the forms stay the same gué cé saqué sacamos sacaste sacasteis sacó sacaron jugué jugamos jugaste jugasteis jugó jugaron crucé cruzamos cruzaste cruzasteis cruzó cruzaron
The following verbs change from ei in the 3rd person singular and 3rd person plural servir-to serve preferir-to prefer competir-to compete repetir-to repeat pedir-to ask for/to order divertirse-to enjoy oneself mentir-to lie serví servimos serviste servisteis sirvió sirvieron The following verbs change from ou in the 3rd person singular and 3rd person plural dormí dormimos dormiste dormisteis durmió durmieron morir-to die dormir-to sleep
**Any verb that has a vowel before the –er or –ir is an iy verb The following verbs change iy in the 3rd person singular and 3rd person plural **note-the i is in the ending **Any verb that has a vowel before the –er or –ir is an iy verb leer-to read creer-to think/to believe oír-to hear construir-to build/construct incluir-to include huir-to flee creí creímos creíste creísteis creyó creyeron
FUJI verbs!!!!! F U J I ir ser andaranduv estarestuv tenertuv sabersup poderpud ponerpus decirdij traertraj reducir reduj conducir conduj producir produj hacerhic venirvin quererquis fui fuiste fue fuimos fuisteis fueron dar di diste dio dimos disteis dieron ver vi viste vio vimos visteis vieron
How can you remember all the really irregular preterite verbs in the “FUJI” category??? There’s a song!! First watch on YouTube, then you try! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PhSOatoBbY Fui Di Vi Hice Quise Vine, yo Puse Pude Supe, yo Dije Traje Conduje, yo Tuve Estuve Anduve, yo Pretérito Irregular Ya yo sé los verbos, ¡olé!