El Pretérito Verbos Irregulares
¿Qué aprendimos? The preterite signals an action in the past that has a definite beginning and ending.
¿Qué aprendimos? -AR verbs have the following endings: -é -aste -ó -amos -aron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes
-ER and -IR verbs have the following endings: -í -iste -ió -imos -ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes
¡Felicitaciones! Congratulations! You are well on your way to becoming past tense experts.
Malas Noticias The bad news is that we have some different irregular verbs in the preterite tense.
Stem-changing IR verbs SingularPlural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person XX In the preterite IR stem-changing verbs follow this rule: ‣ o:u ‣ i:e This only occurs in the third person.
Dormir: to sleep ✓ In the third person singular and plural ✓ O:U SingularPlural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person dormí dormiste durmiódurmieron dormimos
Preferir: to prefer SingularPlural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person ✓ In the third person singular and plural ✓ E:I preferí preferiste prefirióprefirieron preferimos
More irregulares! These are not stem-changing verbs. However, they do take a new root and different endings in the preterite tense.
Irregular verbs, preterite 1. Andar (to walk) anduv- 2. Estar (to be) estuv- 3. Tener (to have) tuv- 4. Haber (there is or there are) hub- 5. Poder (to be able to) pud- 6. Poner (to put) pus- 7. Saber (to know) sup- 8. Hacer (to do, to make) hic- 9. Querer (to want) quis- 10. Venir (to come) vin-
Irregular Verb Endings -e -iste -o -imos -ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes Notice there are no accents for you to remember. Yay!
Add root + ending Ejemplo: Estar (to be) Root = estuv- e iste o imos ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes estuv
Add root + ending Ejemplo: andar (to walk) Root = anduv- e iste o imos ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes anduv
To help you remember the yo form of irregular preterite verbs... ¡Vamos a cantar!cantar
Letras tener es tuve; estar estuve ir es fui y también ser poner es puse; poder es pude traje es para traer hacer hice; haber hube; saber supe; querer quise; decir dije; venir vine; ver vi; dar di; no acentos