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2 Past Tense Irregular Preterite

The document summarizes the conjugation patterns of irregular verbs in the past tense in Spanish. It outlines that irregular AR verbs change their endings to -que, -gue, and -ce. Irregular IR verbs replace vowels with -i and -u. Verbs with double vowels change -io to -yo and -ieron to -yeron. Other irregular forms have changes in both stem and endings. The verbs ser and ir are conjugated the same in the past tense.

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2 Past Tense Irregular Preterite

The document summarizes the conjugation patterns of irregular verbs in the past tense in Spanish. It outlines that irregular AR verbs change their endings to -que, -gue, and -ce. Irregular IR verbs replace vowels with -i and -u. Verbs with double vowels change -io to -yo and -ieron to -yeron. Other irregular forms have changes in both stem and endings. The verbs ser and ir are conjugated the same in the past tense.

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Past Tense

(irregular verb)
Joseph Jay U. Aureada, Ph.D.
1. Irregular AR verbs
(1st person singular form)

a. –car = –que
Sacar -to take out Explicar -to explain
Saque Explique

Tocar -to play Buscar -to look for


Toque Busque

Indicar -to indicate Practicar -to practice


Indique Practique
b. –gar = –gue
Llegar -to arrive Pagar -to pay
Llegue Pague

Pegar -to glue Apagar -to put out


Pegue Apague

Jugar -to play


Jugue
c. –zar = –ce
Cruzar -to Lanzar -to
cross throw
Cruce Lance
2. Irregular IR verbs
(3rd person form)

a. Replacing –e by –i
Servir -to serve Pedir -to ask for

Servi Pedi
Serviste Pediste
Sirvio Pidio
Servimos Pedimos
Servisteis Pedisteis
Sirvieron Pidieron

Repetir -to repeat Preferir -to prefer


b. Replacing –o by –u
Dormir -to Morir -to die
sleep

Dormi Mori
Dormiste Moriste
Durmio Murio
Dormimos Morimos
Dormisteis Moristeis
Durmieron Murieron
3. Verbs with Double Vowels

To avoid confusion in pronunciation,


these verbs change the –io to –yo and
–ieron to –yeron in the singular and
plural forms of the 3rd person,
respectively.
Leer-to read Construir -to construct

Lei Construi
Leiste Construiste
Leyo Construyo
Leimos Construimos
Leisteis Construisteis
Leyeron Construyeron
Oir -to hear
Creer -to believe
Concluir -to conclude
Incluir -to include
Caer -to fall
Poseer -to possess
Huir -to run away from
Contribuir -to contribute
4. Other Irregular Forms

There is a change both in the stems


and in the patterned endings.
-AR -ER/IR
-e -e -i
-aste -iste -iste
-o -o -io
-amos -imos -imos
-asteis -isteis -isteis
-aron -ieron -ieron
a.
Venir ‘to come’ - vin-
Poner ‘to put’ - pus-
Saber ‘to know’ -sup-
Estar ‘to be’ - estuv-
Tener ‘to have’ - tuv-
Poder ‘to be able to’ - pud
b.

Hacer ‘to make’ becomes


hic-

3rd person singular form is


hizo
c.

Decir ‘to say’ dij-


Producir ‘to produce’ produj-
Conducir ‘to lead’ conduj-
Traducir ‘to translate’ traduj-

3rd person plural form, add: -


eron
5. Ser ‘to be’ and Ir ‘to
go’ are conjugated
the same in the
past tense.
Fui Fuimos
Fuiste Fuisteis
Fue Fueron

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