-car, -gar, - zar verbs

1. -car, -gar, -zar verbs tocar llegar almorzar buscar pagar empezar sacar jugar cazar

2. -car, -gar, -zar verbs Verbs that end with –car, -gar, and –zar change spelling in the “yo” form in the preterite tense. Therefore they are “irregular” because they don’t follow the same conjugation formula as the other regular verbs

3. Verbs that end with -car The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

4. Verbs that end with -car So let’s conjugate “tocar” yo: tocé problem: the sound of the conjugated verb is not consistent with the sound of the infinitive The vowel “e” makes the “c” sound soft as in words like cereal or centroo cena

5. Verbs that end with -car So what do we have to do to make the “c” sound a “hard c” sound? to cé qué

6. Verbs that end with -car The rest of the forms conjugate normally -toqué -tocaste -tocó -tocamos -tocasteis -tocaron

7. Verbs that end with -gar The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

8. Verbs that end with -gar So let’s conjugate “jugar” yo: jugé problem: the sound of the conjugated verb is not consistent with the sound of the infinitive The vowel “e” makes the “g” sound soft as in words like Jorge or gente

9. Verbs that end with -gar So what do we have to do to make the “g” sound a “hard g” sound? ju gé gué

10. Verbs that end with -gar The rest of the forms conjugate normally -jugué -jugaste -jugó -jugamos -jugasteis -jugaron

11. Verbs that end with -zar The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

12. Verbs that end with -zar So let’s conjugate “almorzar” almorzé problem: Who knows? Someone decided that the “z” should be changed to a “c” in the yo form even though the “z” and the “c” sound exactly the same when followed by an vowel “e”

13. Verbs that end with -zar So let’s conjugate “almorzar” almor zé cé

14. Verbs that end with -zar The rest of the verb conjugations are the same: -almorcé -almorzaste -almorzó -almorzamos -almorzasteis -almorzaron