Verbs in the Preterite Tense Boots Sneakers What’s the noise about all the shoes??? Shoes Sandals K.Brown, 2008-09

Stem Changing Verbs You learned to call them BOOT verbs! Quiero Queremos Quieres Queréis Quiere Quieren …Because the forms that have a change are in the shape of a boot.

We have these “BOOT” verbs in the present tense only. We wear boots in the present, the here and now!

But in the past they didn’t wear boots. They went barefoot!

In the past preterite tense, “boot” verbs do not exist. PENSAR = to plan PENSAR = to plan Pienso I plan Pensamos We plan Piensas You plan Pensáis You all plan Piensa He/she plans You (formal) plan Piensan They plan Pensé I planned Pensamos We planned Pensaste You planned Pensasteis You all planned Pensó He/she planned You (formal) planned Pensaron They planned

As time went on, some people began to use primitive forms of shoes As time went on, some people began to use primitive forms of shoes. Only a few that could afford them (“Hmmm, I can buy those”)! Sandals

Hence you will find a few “sandal” verbs in the past preterite tense in verbs that end in -IR. SERVIR = to serve SERVIR= to serve Sirvo I serve Servimos We serve Sirves You serve Servís You all serve Sirve He/she serves You (formal) serve Sirven They serve Serví I served Servimos We served Serviste You served Servisteis You all served Sirvió He/she served You (formal) served Sirvieron They served They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.

Sigo Seguimos Sigues Seguís Sigue Siguen Seguí Seguimos Seguiste SEGUIR = to follow SEGUIR= to follow Sigo I follow Seguimos We follow Sigues You follow Seguís You all follow Sigue He/she follows You (formal) follow Siguen They follow Seguí I followed Seguimos We followed Seguiste You followed Seguisteis You all followed Siguió He/she followed You (formal) followed Siguieron They followed They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.

You (formal) preferred PREFERIR= to prefer PREFERIR= to prefer Prefiero I prefer Preferimos We prefer Prefieres You prefer Preferís You all prefer Prefiere He/she prefers You (formal) prefer Prefieren They prefer Preferí I preferred Preferimos We preferred Preferiste You preferred Preferisteis You all preferred Prefirió He/she preferred You (formal) preferred Prefirieron They preferred They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.

Compito Competimos Compites Competís Compite Compiten Competí COMPETIR= to compete COMPETIR= to compete Compito I compete Competimos We compete Compites You compete Competís You all compete Compite He/she competes You (formal) compete Compiten They compete Competí I competed Competimos We competed Competiste You competed Competisteis You all competed Compitió He/she competed You (formal) competed Compitieron They competed They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.

Me visto Nos vestimos Te vistes Os vestís Se viste Se visten Me vestí VESTIRSE= to dress VESTIRSE= to dress Me visto I dress Nos vestimos We dress Te vistes You dress Os vestís You all dress Se viste He/she dresses You (formal) dress Se visten They dress Me vestí I dressed Nos vestimos We dressed Te vestiste You dressed Os vestisteis You all dressed Se vistió He/she dressed You (formal) dressed Se vistieron They dressed They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.

Pido Pedimos Pides Pedís Pide Piden Pedí Pedimos Pediste Pedisteis PEDIR= to order/ask for PEDIR= to order/ask for Pido I order Pedimos We order Pides You order Pedís You all order Pide He/she orders You (formal) orders Piden They order Pedí I ordered Pedimos We ordered Pediste You ordered Pedisteis You all ordered Pidió He/she ordered You (formal) ordered Pidieron They ordered They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.

DORMIR (o  u) duermo dormimos duermes dormís duerme duermen dormí DORMIR= to sleep DORMIR= to sleep duermo I sleep dormimos We sleep duermes You sleep dormís You all sleep duerme He/she sleeps You (formal) sleep duermen They sleep dormí I slept dormimos We slept dormiste You slept dormisteis You all slept durmió He/she slept You (formal) slept durmieron They slept They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.