irregular preterite tense

car, gar, and zar

there is only a change in the yo form

car - qué

gar - gué

zar - cé

“just because”

ir - to go

ser - to be

ver - to see

dar - to give

“i” group

change happens in all forms of the verbs

venir - to come

(vin-)

hacer - to do, make

(hic-)

querer - to want

(quis)

“u” group

(happiest verbs)

h - haber (to have done) - hub-

a - andar (to walk) - anduv-

p - poder (to be able to) - pud-

p - poner (to put) - pus-

i - imponser (to impose) - impus-

e - estar (to be) - estuv-

s - saber (to know) - sup-

t - tener (to have) - tuv-

verb endings

“j” group

verbs that end in -cir

decir - to say/tell - dij

conducir - to drive - conduj

traducir - to translate - tradui

producir - to produce - produj

traer - to bring - traj

stem changers

only change in el/ellos form

only → ue and e → i

all these verbs are stem changers in present tense and are “ir” verbs

“slipper verbs”

dormir (o →ue)

repetir (e → i)

“y” group

verbs with a vowel at the end of a stem

caer - to fall

oír - to hear

construir - to construct/build

leer - to read