Preterite Flashcards
(21 cards)
Ser
Fui, fuiste fue
Fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
Ir
Fui, fuiste, fue
Fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
Dar
Di, diste, dio
Dimos, disteis, dieron
Hacer
Hice, hiciste, hizo
hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron
-ar stem change verbs
-ar and -er verbs that change their stem in the present tense do not change in the preterite. They are conjugated just like other regular preterite verbs.
-er verbs
-ar and -er verbs that change their stem in the present tense do not change in the preterite. They are conjugated just like other regular preterite verbs.
-ir verbs
-ir verbs that change their stem in the present tense do change in the preterite, but in a different way.
They change
e: i and
o: u
in the third person, singular and plural.
Yo form changes only
Verbs that end in -gar change g to gu
Verbs that end in -car change c to qu
Verbs that end in -zar change z to c
Third person singular and plural changes only
For verbs that end in
-aer, -eer, -oír, and -oer, (+-uir)
the él/ella/usted forms use the ending “yó” (rather than ió)
and the third person plural uses the ending “yeron” (rather than ieron). The remaining forms gain a written accent over the letter “i.”
For -uir verbs thewritten accent over the letter “i” only occurs in the yo form.
Exceptions to third person singular and plural stem changes
Traer
Atraer
Distraer
Etc
-ucir verbs
Je, jiste, jo
Jimos, jisteis, jeron
Andar
Anduv-
Estar
Estuv-
Tener
Tuv-
Caber
Cup-
Poder
Pud-
Poner
Pus-
Saber
Sup-
Hacer
Hic-
Exception: c-> z change in third person singular
Querer
Quis-
Venir
Vin-