Irregular Preterite Verbs Avancemos 3 Unidad 1 Leccin

Irregular Preterite Verbs Avancemos 3 – Unidad 1 Lección 1

Irregular Preterite Verbs � There are many types of irregular preterite verbs in Spanish. � We � In saw some of them in Spanish 2 Spanish 3, we will look at some more preterite verbs, as well as categorizing what type of preterite they are.

Irregular Verbs These are just plain old irregulars which means that there are really no set patterns. � They do however have some things in common between them. � These verbs have NO ACCENTS � � Some examples would include →

IR Fuiste Fuimos Fueron - to go SER – to be Fuiste Fuimos Fueron

Other Irregular Verbs � The following verbs are also irregular. � These also have some things in common between them. � These verbs have NO ACCENTS � They have the endings: � i, iste, io, imos, ieron � Some examples would include →

DAR – to give Di Diste Dio Dimos Dieron VER – to see Vi Viste Vio Vimos Vieron

Other Irregular Verbs – Y Verbs “Y” verbs are verbs that have accents in all forms EXCEPT for 3 rd person plural (ellos, ellas, ustedes). � They also have a “y” in the 3 rd person singular and 3 rd person plural. � Their endings are: í, íste, yó, ímos, yeron � These verbs include: � Leer – to read oír – to hear � Creer – to believe �

LEER – to read oír – to hear leíste leyó leímos leyeron oí oíste oyó oímos oyeron

Other Irregular Verbs – j Verbs “j” verbs are verbs that have an irregular stem with a “j” � They also have irregular endings. � Their endings are: e, iste, o, imos, ieron (NO ACCENTS) � These verbs include: � Traer (to bring) traducir (to translate) � Conducir (to drive)decir (to say, to tell) �

TRADUCIR to translate CONDUCIR to drive tradujiste tradujo tradujimos tradujeron conduje condujiste condujo condujimos condujeron

TRAER to bring traje trajiste trajo trajimos trajeron DECIR to say/tell dije dijiste dijo dijimos dijeron

Other Irregular Verbs – irregular endings and stems � The following verbs have both irregular endings and irregular stems. � Many of the stems contain the letter “u” in the stem while some have the letter “i” � Their endings are: e, iste, o, imos, ieron (NO ACCENTS) � These verbs include: →

“u” stems Estar (estuv) Tener (tuv) Andar (anduv) Caber (cup) Poner (pus) Poder (pud) Saber (sup) To be To have To walk To fit in To put To be able to/can To know/find out

“i” stems � Querer (quis) � Venir (vin) ***Hacer (hic) � To want/to try � To come � To do/to make *** NOTE – él/ella/usted form of hacer is hizo

Other Irregular Verbs – CAR/GAR/ZAR These verbs are irregular in the “yo” form only. � All other forms use the “ar” verb preterite endings. � The CAR verbs = c-qu (yo form only) � The GAR verbs = g-gu (yo form only) � The ZAR verbs = z-c (yo form only) �

Other Irregular Verbs – sole/sandal verbs � These verbs are all “ir” verbs that are stem changers in the present tense. � In the preterite they are also stem changers but in the 3 rd person only (él/ella/ud & ellos/ellas/uds. ). � They have the “er/ir” preterite endings. � In the stems of the 3 rd person, e changes to I and o changes to u.

Práctica 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Usted andar Tú leer Felipe y yo poner Ustedes ser Yo traer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Usted anduvo Tú leíste Felipe y yo pusimos. Ustedes fueron Yo traje

Práctica Ellos conducir 7. Uds. seguir 8. Yo navegar 9. Tú y ella creer. 10. La clase dar. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Ellos condujeron Uds. siguieron Yo navegué Tú y ella creyeron La clase dio