1. Study Review by Shawn Barney (Edited by Carlos Gagel)
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Study Review by Shawn Barney
(Edited by Carlos Gagel)

2. Basic -AR Verb Endings
é amos
aste asteis
ó aron

3. Basic -ER/-IR Endings
í imos
iste isteis
ió ieron

4. Conjugation of Ir and Ser
Ser – to be Ir – to go
fui fuimos
fuiste fuisteis
fue fueron
These two verbs have the same conjugation but are distinguished by the context of the sentence.

5. Car-Gar-Zar
Verbs ending in Car, Gar, or Zar have changes in the Yo form only.
Car verbs change to qué
Gar verbs change to gué
Zar verbs change to cé
Examples – buscar to look for, jugar to play, empezar to begin

6. Examples of Car – Gar – Zar ‘s
Llegar – to arrive Buscar – to look for
llegué llegamos busqué buscamos
llegaste llegasteis buscaste buscasteis
llegó llegaron buscó buscaron
Empezar – to begin
empecé empezamos
empezaste empezasteis
empezó empezaron

7. Irregular Verbs
Some verbs have irregular stems in the past tense (complete with their own set of endings)
A Vinny Do
P Has The
P Quesadillas Conjugation E S T
Irregular Verb Endings = e imos
iste isteis
o ieron

8. APPEST – U group Andar to walk – anduv Poner to put or place – pus
Poder to be able to – pud (to manage to in the preterit tense)
Estar to be – estuv
Saber to know – sup (to find out in the preterit tense)
Tener to have – tuv

9. Vinny Has Quesadillas – I group
Venir to come – vin
Hacer to do or make – hic
Querer to want – quis
(Preterit Tense Meanings)
1.) positive – Quise estudiar – to try
2.) negative – No quise estudiar – to refuse

10. Do The Conjugation – J group
Decir to say – dij
Traer to bring – traj
Conducir to drive – conduj
Third Person Plural Ending = eron

11. Dar/Ver Dar – to give Ver – to see di dimos vi vimos
diste disteis viste visteis
dio dieron vio vieron
*Use ER/IR endings
*No accent marks

12. Leer – Creer - Oír Leer – to read Creer – to believe
leí leímos creí creímos
leíste leísteis creíste creísteis
leyó leyeron creyó creyeron
Oír – to hear
oí oímos
oíst oísteis
oyó oyeron

13. Boot Verbs? There are no boot verbs in the preterit tense.
However, there are “sandal verbs” in which changes are only made in the third person conjugation.

14. weIRd verbs (sandal verbs)
Preferir (ie)(i) to prefer
Divertirse (ie)(i) to have fun
Sentirse (ie)(i) to feel/regret
Dormir(se) (ue)(u) to sleep/fall asleep
Morir (ue)(u) to die
Pedir (i)(i) to ask for/order
Repetir (i)(i) to repeat
Servir (i)(i) to serve
Seguir (i)(i) to follow
Vestirse (i)(i) to get dressed
Freír (i)(i) to fry

15. Example Of A “weIRd verb”
Pedir (i)(i) – to ask for, request, order
pido pedimos pedí pedimos
pides pedís pediste pedisteis
pide piden pidió pidieron
Present Tense Preterit Tense
(Boot) (Sandal)