Sunday, October 26, 2008

Irregular Preterites - Part 3

Like the verb hacer, the following verbs have irregular stems in the preterite.
andar...anduv-
estar...estuv-
poder...pud-
poner...pus-
querer...quis-
saber...sup-
tener...tuv-
venir...vin-

The above preterites also have the following irregular preterite ending:
yo...-e
tĂș...-iste
usted...-o
nosotros...-imos
ustedes...ieron

*Note that there are no accents anywhere, don't make it over complicated.

Verbs that have irregular stems in the preterite that end in j hjave the same endings as the verbs above but drop the i from the ustedes ending.

decir...dijeron
traer...trajeron.

*Note that this doesn't affect the other endings. It's dije, not die.

Vocabulary break:
andar to walk
estar to be
poder to be able
poner to put
querer towant, to love
saver to know
tener to have
venir to come
decir to say, to tell
traer to bring
conducir to drive
producir to produce
traducir to translate

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