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Preterit Tense for Irregular Verbs

Preterit Tense for Irregular Verbs. Señor Jackson. Irregular Verbs. The Spanish language is full of irregular verbs. These verbs are often irregular in all conjugation forms. SER and IR are irregular verbs Let’s investigate others! . Stem Changers in the Preterit Tense.

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Preterit Tense for Irregular Verbs

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  1. Preterit Tense for Irregular Verbs Señor Jackson

  2. Irregular Verbs • The Spanish language is full of irregular verbs. • These verbs are often irregular in all conjugation forms. • SER and IR are irregular verbs • Let’s investigate others!

  3. Stem Changers in the Preterit Tense • Some verbs take a new stem in the preterit tense. • These verbs are categorized into 4 separate groups.

  4. Irregular Endings • The irregular verbs also take an irregular set of endings • They come from a combination of the –AR and –ER/-IR endings eimos isteisteis oieron

  5. I - Stems

  6. Group 1: I-Stems • I-Stem changing verbs take an “I” in the preterit tense. • These verbs include: • Hacer • Querer • Venir

  7. Hacer • The verb “hacer” changes to “Hic__” • hicimos hice • hicisteis • hiciste hizo • hicieron • The 3rd person singular box has an additional change. It takes a “z” to keep the same sound.

  8. Querer • Querer changes to “Quis__” in the preterit tense. The meaning also changes. “To try and succeed and to try and refuse” QuiseQuisimos QuisisteQuisisteis QuisoQuisieron

  9. Venir • Venir changes to “Vin__” Vine Vinimos VinisteVinisteis Vino Vinieron

  10. J – Stems

  11. Group 2: J-Stems • The next group of verbs take a “j” in the stem. • These verbs include: • Decir • Traer • -cir verbs

  12. Decir • Decir is both a J-stem and an I-stem. Therefore, it changes to “Dij__” dijedijimos dijistedijisteis dijo dijeron

  13. Traer • Traer is also a J-stem. It changes to “Traj__” trajetrajimos trajistetrajisteis trajo • trajeron

  14. -cir verbs • Verbs that end in –cir are J-stems also. • Some of these verbs include: • Producir • Conducir • Decir (as we already know  )

  15. U - Stems

  16. Group 3: U-Stems • The next group of verbs take a “u” in the stem. • The U-stems include: • Poder • Poner • Saber

  17. Poder • Poder stem changes to “Pud__”. It also has a new meaning in the preterit: “to try and could or to try and fail.” pudepudimos pudistepudisteis pudopudieron

  18. Poner • The stem change for Poner is “Pus__”. pusepusimos pusistepusisteis pusopusieron

  19. Saber • Saber changes to “Sup__” in the preterit tense. It’s meaning changes to “to just learn/find out” SupeSupimos SupisteSupisteis SupoSupieron

  20. V - stems

  21. Group 4: V-stems • The final group of verbs take a “v” in the preterit tense. • These verbs include: • Andar • Estar • Tener

  22. Andar • Andar changes to “Anduv__” in the preterit tense. anduveanduvimos anduvisteanduvisteis anduvoanduvieron

  23. Estar • Estar changes to “Estuv__” in the preterit tense. estuveestuvimos estuvisteestuvisteis estuvoestuvieron

  24. Tener • The verb “tener” stem changes to “Tuv__”. tuvetuvimos tuvistetuvisteis tuvotuvieron

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