El pretérito irregular

PRETERITE OF VERBS WITH STEM CHANGES 1) All stem changing –ar verbs and –er verbs in the present tense have regular stems in the preterite tense. 1) All stem changing –ar verbs and –er verbs in the present tense have regular stems in the preterite tense.

PRETERITE OF VERBS WITH STEM CHANGES All –ir stem changing verbs only change in the 3rd person singular and plural All –ir stem changing verbs only change in the 3rd person singular and plural

All –ir stem changing verbs only change in the 3rd person singular and plural e to i: –ir verbs that have a stem change from e to ie in the present tense also have a stem change in the preterite tense, but from e to i, in the 3rd person singular and plural. e to i: –ir verbs that have a stem change from e to ie in the present tense also have a stem change in the preterite tense, but from e to i, in the 3rd person singular and plural. Sentirse Sentirse Me sentí Nos sentimos Me sentí Nos sentimos Te sentiste Os sentisteis Te sentiste Os sentisteis Se sintió Se sintieron Se sintió Se sintieron

All –ir stem changing verbs only change in the 3rd person singular and plural e to i: –ir verbs that have a stem change from e to i in the present tense have the same stem change in the preterite tense in the 3rd person singular and plural. e to i: –ir verbs that have a stem change from e to i in the present tense have the same stem change in the preterite tense in the 3rd person singular and plural. Pedir Pedir Pedí Pedimos Pediste Pedisteis Pidió Pidieron

All –ir stem changing verbs only change in the 3rd person singular and plural o to u: –ir verbs that have a stem change from o to ue in the present tense also have a stem change in the preterite tense, but from o to u, in the 3rd person singular and plural. o to u: –ir verbs that have a stem change from o to ue in the present tense also have a stem change in the preterite tense, but from o to u, in the 3rd person singular and plural. Dormir Dormir Dormí Dormimos Dormiste Dormisteis Durmió Durmieron

VERBS THAT ARE IRREGULAR IN THE PRETERITE TENSE Endings for irregular verbs: Endings for irregular verbs: e imos iste isteis o ieron

Irregular stems: Andar- anduv Andar- anduv Tener- tuv Tener- tuv Estar- estuv Estar- estuv Poder- pud Poder- pud Poner- pus Poner- pus Saber- sup Saber- sup Caber- cup Caber- cup Haber- *hubo=there was or there were Haber- *hubo=there was or there were Hacer- hic *extra irregularity 3 rd person singular (hiz)* Hacer- hic *extra irregularity 3 rd person singular (hiz)* Querer- quis Querer- quis Venir- vin Venir- vin

Examples: Tener: Tener: Tuve Tuvimos Tuve Tuvimos Tuviste Tuvisteis Tuviste Tuvisteis Tuvo Tuvieron Tuvo Tuvieron

Examples: Poder Poder Pude Pudimos Pude Pudimos Pudiste Pudisteis Pudiste Pudisteis Pudo Pudieron Pudo Pudieron

Examples: Hacer Hacer Hice Hicimos Hice Hicimos Hiciste Hicisteis Hiciste Hicisteis *Hizo Hicieron *Hizo Hicieron

Other irregular stems that drop the “i” in the 3rd person plural irregular endings: Endings change in the 3 rd person plural Endings change in the 3 rd person plural e imos e imos iste isteis iste isteis o *eron (no i) o *eron (no i)

J stem changers Conducir- conduj Conducir- conduj Producir- produj Producir- produj Traducir- traduj Traducir- traduj Decir- dij Decir- dij Traer- traj Traer- traj

Examples: Conducir Conducir Conduje Condujimos Conduje Condujimos Condujiste Condujisteis Condujiste Condujisteis Condujo Condujeron Condujo Condujeron

Examples: Decir Decir Dije Dijimos Dije Dijimos Dijiste Dijisteis Dijiste Dijisteis Dijo Dijeron Dijo Dijeron

Examples: Traer Traer Traje Trajimos Traje Trajimos Trajiste Trajisteis Trajiste Trajisteis Trajo Trajeron Trajo Trajeron