1. “Mnemonics” en español Clues for remembering the irregular preterite stems.
La clase de español II

2. IR – to go
fui
fuiste
fue
fuimos
fuisteis
fueron

3. I go to Fui, the Chinese restaurant.

4. The baby went fu the tunnel.

5. The man was found innocent of murder and was allowed to go fui.

6. SER – to be
fui
fuiste
fue
fuimos
fuisteis
fueron

7. Ser- to be
To be or not to fui. (that is the question)

8. DAR – to give di
diste
dio
dimos
disteis
dieron

9. Dar – to give
I gave the di to my friend Joe.

10. He gave her a Diamond

11. I’ll give you di money.

12. ANDAR – to walk stem – anduv-

13. ANDAR
The dog walked up ANDUVer the obstacle.

14. I’ve been running anduv been walking.
ANDAR
I’ve been running anduv been walking.

15. DECIR – to say, to tell stem – dij-

16. The dije told everyone to dance.
Decir
The dije told everyone to dance.

17. We told the dije to play a song.

18. ESTAR – to be stem – estuv-

19. Estar – to be
The estuv was hot.

20. I was in the estuve playing hide-and-go-seek.
Estar
I was in the estuve playing hide-and-go-seek.

21. HACER – to do, to make stem – hic-

22. PODER – to be able to (can) stem – pud-

23. Poder-to be able Pud - Pudding
I was able to have pudding after my surgery.

24. He could have stepped in the PUDdle.

25. Poder – to be able to
I could trim the pudle.

26. PONER – to put stem – pus-

27. Poner-to put
My puso cat put on her helmet by herself.

28. QUERER – to try (+), to refuse (-) stem – quis-

29. The boy tried to find the quis.

30. Querer – to try (+), to refuse (-) “Quis”
I refuse to give you a quis!

31. He tried to put QUISO dip on his chips.
Querer
He tried to put QUISO dip on his chips.

32. SABER – to find out stem – sup-

33. We found out what was in the sup.

34. Saber – to find out
I find out the floor was supe after I fell on my boot-ay.

35. TENER – to have stem – tuv-

36. I have a tuv of toothpaste.

37. I had a tuv, but someone popped it.

38. Tuv- Tener- to have
I have a tuv ache.

39. TRADUCIR – to translate stem – traduj-
(All verbs ending in -cir work the same way – conducir, producir, etc.)

40. TRADUCIR – to translate The teacher translated the traduje. (tragedy)

41. TRAER – to bring stem – traj-

42. Traer
The waiter brings the traje.

43. VENIR – to come stem – vin-

44. Venir- to come
George of the jungle came swinging on a vine to save me.

45. I came vin I saw blood.

46. FIN