Preterit Tense for Irregular Verbs Señor Jackson

Irregular Verbs The Spanish language is full of irregular verbs. These verbs are often irregular in all conjugation forms. SER and IR are irregular verbs Let’s investigate others!

Stem Changers in the Preterit Tense Some verbs take a new stem in the preterit tense. These verbs are categorized into 4 separate groups.

Irregular Endings The irregular verbs also take an irregular set of endings They come from a combination of the –AR and –ER/-IR endings e imos iste isteis o ieron

Group 1: I-Stems I-Stem changing verbs take an “I” in the preterit tense. These verbs include: ▫Hacer ▫Querer ▫Venir

Hacer The verb “hacer” changes to “Hic__” hice hiciste hicimos hicisteis hicieron hizo The 3 rd person singular box has an additional change. It takes a “z” to keep the same sound.

Querer Querer changes to “Quis__” in the preterit tense. The meaning also changes. “To try and succeed and to try and refuse” Quise Quisimos Quisiste Quisisteis Quiso Quisieron

Venir Venir changes to “Vin__” Vine Vinimos Viniste Vinisteis Vino Vinieron

Group 2: J-Stems The next group of verbs take a “j” in the stem. These verbs include: ▫Decir ▫Traer ▫-cir verbs

Decir Decir is both a J-stem and an I-stem. Therefore, it changes to “Dij__” dije dijimos dijiste dijisteis dijo dijeron

Traer Traer is also a J-stem. It changes to “Traj__” traje trajimos trajiste trajisteis trajo trajeron

-cir verbs Verbs that end in –cir are J-stems also. Some of these verbs include: ▫Producir ▫Conducir ▫Decir (as we already know )

Group 3: U-Stems The next group of verbs take a “u” in the stem. The U-stems include: ▫Poder ▫Poner ▫Saber

Poder Poder stem changes to “Pud__”. It also has a new meaning in the preterit: “to try and could or to try and fail.” pude pudimos pudiste pudisteis pudo pudieron

Poner The stem change for Poner is “Pus__”. puse pusimos pusiste pusisteis puso pusieron

Saber Saber changes to “Sup__” in the preterit tense. It’s meaning changes to “to just learn/find out” Supe Supimos Supiste Supisteis Supo Supieron

Group 4: V-stems The final group of verbs take a “v” in the preterit tense. These verbs include: ▫Andar ▫Estar ▫Tener

Andar Andar changes to “Anduv__” in the preterit tense. anduve anduvimos anduviste anduvisteis anduvo anduvieron

Estar Estar changes to “Estuv__” in the preterit tense. estuve estuvimos estuviste estuvisteis estuvo estuvieron

Tener The verb “tener” stem changes to “Tuv__”. tuve tuvimos tuviste tuvisteis tuvo tuvieron