Spanish 2 Irregular Preterites

what verbs have irregular preterites?

what verbs have irregular preterites?

tener, venir, decir, poder, poner, saber, estar, querer, hacer, traer, conducir, traducir, dar,

how many irregular preterites are in this set?

13

what does the preterite of conocer mean?

instead of to know or be acquainted w/ the preterite means to meet

what does the preterite of saber mean?

instead of to know something/how to do something, the preterite means to find out; to learn

what does the preterite of querer mean?

instead of to want; to love the preterite means to try

what does the preterite of poder mean?

instead of to be able/can the preterite means to manage; to succeed

Does poder & querer in the preterite change when used positively or negatively?

Yes

poder→ pude = I managed to & no pude = i failed to

querer→ quise= I tried to & no quise= I refused to

Preterite of tener

tener has a u-stem:

tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvieron

Preterite of venir (to come)

venir has a i-stem

vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinieron

preterite of decir (to say)

decir has a j-stem

dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijeron

preterite of poder

poder has a u-stem

pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudieron

preterite of poner

poner has a u-stem

puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusieron

preterite of saber

saber has a u-stem

supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supieron

preterite of estar

estar has a u-stem

estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvieron

preterite of querer

querer has a i-stem

quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisieron

preterite of hacer

hacer has a i-stem

hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicieron

preterite of traer

traer has a j-stem

traje, trajiste, trajo, trajamos, trajeron

preterite of conducir

conducir has a j-stem

coduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujeron

preterite of dar

di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron