Irregular Preterit Verbs
Dar and Ver Dar: to give Ver: to see Di Di mos Vi Vi mos Di ste Di Vi They both look very similar: *** THERE ARE NO WRITTEN ACCENT MARKS!!! *** Dar: to give Ver: to see Di Di mos Vi Vi mos Di ste Di Vi ste Vi steis steis Di o Di eron Vi o Vi eron
IR and SER IR: to go SER: to be FU i FU imos FU i FU imos FU iste FU There is one thing that they both have in common: IR: to go SER: to be FU i FU imos FU i FU imos FU iste FU isteis FU iste FU isteis FU e FU eron FU e FU eron
Try these: They went to school. You were stupid. We went to the hospital. The ladies were UGLY! Yo fui a la casa. Yo fui muy inteligente. Fueron a escuela. Fuiste estupido. Fuimos al hospital. ¡Las mujeres fueron feas! I went home. I was very inteligent. How do you know the difference between FUI and FUI?
HACER: to do or make hice hicimos hiciste hicisteis H IZ O hicieron
CREER y LEER LEER: to read cre í cre ímos le í le ímos cre íste cre le CREER: to believe LEER: to read cre í cre ímos le í le ímos cre íste cre le íste le ísteis ísteis crey ó crey eron ley ó ley eron
OÍR OÍR: to hear Oí Oímos Oíste Oísteis Oyó Oyeron
¡PRACTICA! My brother took Spanish 3 last year. I heard that it was difficult. We read in Spanish almost every day. Everybody went to class. My brother gave me the notes in advance. I saw that he studied a lot.