Preterite of -car, -gar, and -zar Verbs; More Verbs with Irregular Preterite Stems Unidad 4 Lección 2
Preterite of -car, -gar, -zar Verbs Verbs that end in –car, -gar, and –zar are spelled differently in the preterite yo form to maintain their pronunciation: buscarc qubusqué pagarg gupagué empezarz cempecé
More Verbs with Irregular Preterite Stems venir—to come vinevinimos vinistevinisteis vinovinieron *same endings as estar, poder, poner, saber, and tener from U3L2
querer—to want* quisequisimos quisistequisisteis quisoquisieron *Usually means tried in preterite.
decir—to say, to tell dijedijimos dijistedijisteis dijodijeron* *Note: the i is dropped from the ending
traer—to bring trajetrajimos trajistetrajisteis trajotrajeron* *Note: the i is dropped from the ending