The Preterite Tense The Preterite Tense for irregular verbs
Irregular Verbs in the Preterite Some verbs, such as hacer, querer and venir are irregular in the preterite. On the next slide, note that they all have an i in the stem. Note too that the endings for you and usted are different from the endings of regular verbs
QUERER HACER QUERER HACER quisequisimoshicehicimos quisistehiciste quiso quisieronhizo hicieron VENIR VENIR vinevinimos viniste vino vinieron
Irregular Verbs in the Preterite The verbs poder, poner and saber are also are irregular in the preterite. Note that they all have an u in the stem.
SABER PONER SABER PONER supesupimospuse pusimos supistepusiste suposupieronpuso pusieron PODER PODER pudepudimos pudepudimospudiste pudopudieron
Irregular Verbs in the Preterite The verbs estar, and tener are also are irregular in the preterite. Note that they all have an uv in the stem.
TENER TENER tuve tuvimos tuviste tuvo tuvieron ESTAR ESTAR estuveestuvimos estuveestuvimos estuviste estuviste estuvoestuvieron estuvoestuvieron
SER – to beIR – to go SER – to beIR – to go fui fuimosfuifuimos fui fuimosfuifuimos fuistefuiste fuistefuiste fue fueronfuefueron fue fueronfuefueron DAR – to give (ar verb with –ir endings) DAR – to give (ar verb with –ir endings) didimos didimos diste diste diodieron diodieron Just as a quick reminder… -Remember that ser and ir are irregular in the past tense and that they conjugate the exact same way. -Dar is a verb that is also irregular like ser and ir
Verbs that take a differente meaning in the preterite Many of these verbs are not used frequently in the preterite. When they are, they take on a special meaning.
Verbs that take a differente meaning in the preterite Quise ayudar. I tried to help. No quiso ir en carro.He refused to go by car. Yo lo supe ayer.I found out yesterday. No pude terminar.(I tried but) I couldn’t finish. Pude terminar.(After much effort) I managed to finish.
Práctica 1.Ellos no __________ (querer) hacer el viaje. 2.Nosotros no __________________ (venir) porque no _______________ (hacer) reservación. 3.¿Ustedes no ____________ (tener) reservación? 4.Nosotros ______________(ir) por el mercado. 5. Yo no __________ (estar) allí.
1. Ella _________ (venir) a la fiesta. 2. Ustedes _______ (ser) estudiantes. 3. Los niños ________ (tener) dos libros. 4. Manuel ________ (hacer) la cama. 5. Yo _______ (poder) cantar.