Pretérito - Regular e irregular

yo

What is the ONLY form where -CAR verbs change their spelling?

yo

What is the ONLY form where -ZAR verbs change their spelling?

yo

What is the ONLY form where -GAR verbs change their spelling?

-CAR to -QU

What change do -CAR verbs make in the "yo" form?

-GAR to -GU

What change do -GAR verbs make in the "yo" form?

-ZAR to -C

What change do -ZAR verbs make in the "yo" form?

third person

What is the only form where "i" changes to "y"?

er/ir verb only, stem ends in vowel (3 vowels in a row with an unaccented i)

When does the "i" change to a "y"?

i gets an accent

When the "i" changes to a "y", what happens on all the other endings?

yo

What is the ONLY form of -UIR verbs that gets the added accent?

fui / fuiste / fue / fuimos / fuisteis / fueron

formas de ir

fui / fuiste / fue / fuimos / fuisteis / fueron

formas de ser

vi / viste / vio / vimos / visteis / vieron

forms de ver

di / diste / dio / dimos / disteis / dieron

forms de dar

hice / hiciste / hizo / hicimos / hicisteis / hicieron

formas de hacer

Hubo...

There was / There were...

anduv-

stem of andar

vin-

stem of venir

sup-

stem of saber

dij-

stem of decir

traj-

stem of traer

quis-

stem of querer

tuv-

stem of tener

pud-

stem of poder

estuv-

stem of estar

pus-

stem of poner

e / iste / o / imos / isteis / ieron

endings used for irregular stems

stem ends in a J

When is the ONLY time irregular stem endings use the -eron instead of the -ieron?

began to know/met

conocer en el pretérito

began to know/found out/learn

saber en el pretérito

got/received

tener en el pretérito

refused

querer en el pretérito

tried

no querer en el pretérito

managed/succeeded

poder en el pretérito

did not manage/did not succeed

no poder en el pretérito

-IR verbs (NOT -AR or -ER)

What are the only verbs that stem-change in the preterit?

third person

What is the only form that stem-changes in the preterit?

e to i / o to u

What is the stem-change that they make?

-é

regular -AR yo ending

-aste

regular -AR tú ending

-ó

regular -AR él/ella/usted ending

-amos

regular -AR nosotros/as ending

-asteis

regular -AR vosotros/as ending

-aron

regular -AR ellos/ellas/ustedes ending

-í

regular - ER yo ending

-iste

regular - ER tú ending

-ió

regular - ER él/ella/usted ending

-imos

regular - ER nosotros/as ending

-isteis

regular - ER vosotros/as ending

-ieron

regular - ER ellos/ellas/ustedes ending

-í

regular - IR yo ending

-iste

regular - IR tú ending

-ió

regular - IR él/ella/usted ending

-imos

regular - IR nosotros/as ending

-isteis

regular - IR vosotros/as ending

-ieron

regular - IR ellos/ellas/ustedes ending

Completed past actions / Sequential past actions / Interrupting past actions

What are the 3 uses for the preterit?

conjugated / infinitive

When 2 verbs are together, the first is ______ and the second is the ________.

Second verb stays in the infinitive

Ella necesitó comer...Why is comer not conjugated?

Second verb stays in the infinitive

Tú decidiste estudiar...Why is estudiar not conjugated?