Irregular Preterite Ir, Ser, Dar, Ver, Hacer
Irregular Preterite Verbs: ir, ser In the preterite, the forms of ser are the same as the forms of ir. The context makes the meaning clear. In the preterite, the forms of ser are the same as the forms of ir. The context makes the meaning clear. El cantante Jon Secada fue a vivir a Miami, Florida, en The singer Jon Secada went to live in Miami, Florida, in Después fue estudiante en la Universidad de Miami. Later he was a student at the University of Miami.
Irregular Preterite Verbs: ir, ser (yo) fui (yo) fui (tú) fuiste (tú) fuiste (ud., él, ella) fue (ud., él, ella) fue (nosotros/as) fuimos (nosotros/as) fuimos (uds., ellos, ellas) fueron (uds., ellos, ellas) fueron Notice that these irregular preterite forms do not have any accents.
Dar Dar does not have any accents in the preterite tense. Even though it is an ‘ar’ verb, the endings for ‘dar’ are the ones from the ‘-er/-ir’ chart
Dar didimos diste diodieron
Ver Ver is conjugated with the regular –er / ir endings, but it does not have any accents
Ver vivimos viste viovieron
Hacer We call hacer an ‘i-stem’ verb in the past tense. The ‘a’ becomes an ‘i’ on all forms. Remember that hacer is an ‘irregular’ verb and the normal rules of stem-changing do not apply. Hacer uses a new set of endings.
Irregular Preterite Verbs: endings e iste iste o imos imos * ieron * ieron
HACER – TO DO / MAKE HiceHicimos Hiciste Hizohicieron