X 3

• AR preterite is “é , aste, ó, amos, (asteis), aron”
• ER/IR are “ í, iste, ió, imos,(isteis), ieron”
2. SPELLING CHANGE IN “YO” FORM
• CAR c  qu before e
• GAR g  gu before e
• ZAR z  c before e
X 1

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6.3-3

• AR preterite is “é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron”
• ER/IR are “ í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron”
• Reflexives – lavarse – does the action/receives the action, any tense
• CAR c  qu before e
• GAR g  gu before e
• ZAR z  c before e

3
.
“ i to y” between two vowels
• Three other verbs—creer, leer, and oír— have spelling changes in the preterite. The i of the verb endings of creer, leer, and oír carries an accent in the yo, tú, nosotros/as, and vosotros/as forms, and changes to y in the Ud./él/ella and Uds./ellos/ellas forms.
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6.3-6

(exception) 3
.
“ i to y” but never with “guy”
Ella siguió el carro… She followed the car
Here, if we changed it siguyó it would be
incorrect, since “gui” forms one sound together seguir (i) – to follow

Los preteritos irregulares formacion

Fui - ser fui – ir di – dar
vine- venir tuve – tener hice – hacer puse – poner estuve- estar
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REGULAR PRETERITE ENDINGS
AR preterite is “é , aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron”
ER/IR are “ í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron”
IRREGULAR PRETERITE ENDINGS e iste o imos isteis ieron ella hizo
“-cir” decir  j+eron (dijeron)

Fui - ser fui – ir di – dar vine- venir tuve – tener hice – hacer puse – poner estuve- estar quise – querer pude – poder supe – saber dije- decir traje -- traer
…y anduve - andar
X 2 e iste o imos isteis ieron
X 3 ella hizo
“-cir” decir  j+eron (dijeron)

Fui - ser fui – ir
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7.3-13

• Since the preterite forms of ser and ir are identical, context clarifies which of the two verbs is being used.
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7.3-14

To give di – dar
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9.1-15

• The endings for dar are the same as the regular preterite endings for -er and -ir verbs, except that there are no accent marks.
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9.1-16

Notice that the preterites with j-stems omit the letter i in the ustedes/ellos/ellas form.
If it has a J, there’s no “i” in “ieron”
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• ¡Atención! Most verbs that end in -cir are
j-stem verbs in the preterite. For example, producir  produje, produjiste, etc.
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9.1-18

He/she form of hacer is HIZO…
• These verbs observe similar stem changes to tener, venir, and decir.
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9.1-19

Hubo + EVENT
HUBO UN ACCIDENTE = THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT
• The preterite of hay (inf. haber) is hubo (there
was; there were).
Hubo un accidente. Habia 2 personas en
9.1-20

Escribe la forma correcta del pretérito de cada verbo que está entre paréntesis.
quisiste
1.
(querer) tú ________
2.
(decir) usted ________
3.
(hacer) nosotras ________
4.
(traer) yo ________
5.
(conducir) ellas ________
6.
(estar) ella ________
7.
(tener) tú ________
8.
(dar) ella y yo ________
9.
(traducir) yo ________
10. (haber) ayer ________
11. (saber) usted ________
12. (poner) ellos ________
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9.1-22

Escribe la forma correcta del pretérito de cada verbo que está entre paréntesis.
13. (venir) yo ________
14.
(poder) tú ________
15. (querer) ustedes ________
16. (estar) nosotros ________
17.
(decir) tú ________
18. (saber) ellos ________
19.
(hacer) él ________
20. (poner) yo ________
21. (traer) nosotras ________
22. (tener) yo ________
23.
(dar) tú ________
24. (poder) ustedes ________
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9.1-23

•
•
The first letter of –ir change gets stuck to the bottom of the shoe.
Dormir(ue) duermo dormimos duermes
Duerme duermen
Dormi’ dormimos dormiste
Durmio’ durmieron

• Stem-changing -ir verbs, in the preterite only, have a stem change in the third-person singular and plural forms. The stem change consists of either e to i or o to u.
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8.1-26

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8.1-27