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The Irregular Preterite
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There are many irregular verbs in the preterite tense you must memorize! All verbs that end in -car, -gar, and –zar have an irregular “yo” form! -car c qu -garg gu -zarz c
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These are only “-ar” ending verbs. Preterite “-ar”endings are: -é -amos -aste -ó -aron
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Verbs that end in -car follow this pattern: atacar – to attack ataqué atacamos atacaste atacó atacaron
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Verbs Ending in -car buscar – to look for pescar – to fish tocar – to play/touch explicar – to explain sacar – to take out atacar – to attack
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Verbs that end in -gar follow this pattern: llegar – to arrive llegué llegamos llegaste llegó llegaron
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Verbs Ending in -gar pagar – to pay jugar – to play (sport/game) llegar – to arrive entregar – to hand in pegar – to hit negar – to deny rogar – to beg
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Verbs that end in –zar follow this pattern: comenzar – to begin comencé comenzamos comenzaste comenzó comenzaron
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Verbs Ending in -zar abrazar – to hug almorzar – to eat lunch rezar – to pray comenzar – to begin/start empezar – to begin/start cruzar – to cross
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Una Práctica 1.pescar / yo – 2.jugar / ella – 3.abrazar / yo – 4.tocar / nosotros – 5.llegar / yo – 6.almorzar / tú – 7.explicar / ellos – 8.pegar / yo – pesqué jugó abracé tocamos llegué almorzaste explicaron pegué
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There are some stem changers in the preterite tense with these rules: 1.Only –ir verbs make a change 2.Make a different type of change: normal changenew change e ie e i o ue o u e i e i 3. Only change the forms in the bottom (sole) of the shoe!
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These are only “-ir” ending verbs. Preterite “-ir”endings are: -í -imos -iste -ió -ieron
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Ejemplo: preferir (ie)– to prefer preferí preferimos preferiste prefirió prefirieron mentir – to liesentir – to regret/be sorry divertirse – to have fun preferir – to prefer
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Ejemplo: dormir (ue)– to sleep dormí dormimos dormiste durmió durmieron morir – to diedormir – to sleep
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Ejemplo: pedir (i)– to ask for/request pedí pedimos pediste pidió pidieron vestirse – to get dressedreír – to laugh pedir – to ask for/requestsonreír – to smile servir – to serverepetir – to repeat
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Una Práctica 1.preferir /nosotros – 2.dormir / ella – 3.pedir / yo – 4.vestirse / Julio – 5.mentir / los chicos – 6.morir / mi abuelo – 7.servir / tú – 8. sonreír / ellas – preferimos durmió pedí se vistió mintieron murió serviste sonrieron
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