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Learn how to conjugate -car, -gar, and -zar verbs in the preterite tense while mastering irregular stems for venir, querer, decir, and traer. Practice and improve your Spanish skills efficiently!
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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: • buscar c qu busqué • pagar g gu pagué • empezar z c empecé
More Verbs with Irregular Preterite Stems venir—to come vine vinimos viniste vinisteis vino vinieron *same endings as estar, poder, poner, saber, and tener from U3L2
querer—to want* quise quisimos quisiste quisisteis quiso quisieron *Usually means tried in preterite.
decir—to say, to tell dije dijimos dijiste dijisteis dijo dijeron* *Note: the i is dropped from the ending
traer—to bring traje trajimos trajiste trajisteis trajo trajeron* *Note: the i is dropped from the ending