car gar zar verbs car gar zar tocar

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

-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

Verbs that end with -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

Verbs that end with -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out 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 centro o cena

Verbs that end with -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out So what do we have to do to make the “c” sound a “hard c” sound? tocé qué

Verbs that end with -car tocar: to play instrument buscar: to look for sacar: to take out The rest of the forms conjugate normally -toqué -tocaste -tocó -tocamos -tocasteis -tocaron

Verbs that end with -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

Verbs that end with -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay 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

Verbs that end with -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay So what do we have to do to make the “g” sound a “hard g” sound? jugé gué

Verbs that end with -gar jugar: to play a sport or game llegar: to arrive pagar: to pay The rest of the forms conjugate normally -jugué -jugaste -jugó -jugamos -jugasteis -jugaron

Verbs that end with -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt The verb endings for –ar verbs is -é -aste -ó -amos -asteis -aron

Verbs that end with -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt 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”

Verbs that end with -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt So let’s conjugate “almorzar” almorzé cé

Verbs that end with -zar almorzar: to eat lunch empezar: to begin cazar: to hunt The rest of the verb conjugations are the same: -almorcé -almorzaste -almorzó -almorzamos -almorzasteis -almorzaron