The Irregular Preterite
There are many irregular verbs in the preterite tense you must memorize!
All verbs that end in-car , -gar, and –zar
have an irregular “yo” form!
-car c qu-gar g gu-zar z c
These are only “-ar” ending verbs.
Preterite “-ar”endings are:
-é -amos-aste-ó -aron
Verbs that end in-car follow this pattern:
atacar – to attackataqué atacamosatacasteatacó atacaron
Verbs Ending in -car
buscar – to look forpescar – to fishtocar – to play/touchexplicar – to explainsacar – to take outatacar – to attack
Verbs that end in -gar follow this pattern:
llegar – to arrivellegué llegamosllegastellegó llegaron
Verbs Ending in -gar
pagar – to payjugar – to play (sport/game)llegar – to arriveentregar – to hand inpegar – to hitnegar – to denyrogar – to beg
Verbs that end in –zar follow this pattern:
comenzar – to begincomencé comenzamoscomenzastecomenzó comenzaron
Verbs Ending in -zar
abrazar – to hugalmorzar – to eat lunchrezar – to praycomenzar – to begin/startempezar – to begin/startcruzar – to cross
Una Práctica
1.pescar / yo –2.jugar / ella –3.abrazar / yo –4.tocar / nosotros –5.llegar / yo –6.almorzar / tú –7.explicar / ellos –8.pegar / yo –
pesquéjugóabracé
tocamosllegué
almorzasteexplicaron
pegué
There are some stem changers in the preterite tense with these rules:
1. Only –ir verbs make a change2. Make a different type of change:
normal change new change e ie e i o ue o u
e i e i 3. Only change the forms in the bottom (sole) of the shoe!
These are only “-ir” ending verbs.
Preterite “-ir”endings are:
-í -imos-iste-ió -ieron
Ejemplo:preferir (ie)– to prefer
preferí preferimospreferisteprefirió prefirieron
mentir – to lie sentir – to regret/be sorrydivertirse – to have funpreferir – to prefer
Ejemplo:dormir (ue)– to sleep
dormí dormimosdormistedurmió durmieron
morir – to die dormir – to sleep
Ejemplo:pedir (i)– to ask for/requestpedí pedimospedistepidió pidieron
vestirse – to get dressed reír – to laughpedir – to ask for/request sonreír – to smileservir – to serve repetir – to repeat
Una Práctica
1.preferir /nosotros –2.dormir / ella –3.pedir / yo –4.vestirse / Julio –5.mentir / los chicos –6.morir / mi abuelo –7.servir / tú –8. sonreír / ellas –
preferimosdurmió
pedíse vistió
mintieronmurió
servistesonrieron
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