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5.3 - Estructuras - el pasado: el pretérito - verbos irregulares
Estructuras
There are four verbs that have irregular structures in the preterite, which you may have already noticed. Can you think of any?
yo | nosotros | |
ser | fui | fuimos |
ir | fui | fuimos |
dar | di | dimos |
hacer | hice | hicimos |
OJO: Yes - you are reading that right: ser and ir are conjugated the same way in the preterite tense. This is why understanding context is very important. It makes the difference between hearing “I went to the supermarket” and “I was the supermarket”. |
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Let’s look at some of the most important verbs that have stem-changes in the preterite, as well.
stem | yo | nosotros | |||
estar - to be | estuv- | estuve | estuvimos | ||
tener - to have / to be | tuv- | tuve | tuvimos | ||
poder - to be able to | pud- | pude | pudimos | ||
poner - to put | pus- | puse | pusimos | ||
saber - to know | sup- | supe | supimos | ||
querer - to want | quis- | quise | quisimos | ||
venir - to come | vin- | vine | vinimos | ||
decir - to say/tell | dij- | dije | dijimos |
OJO: Some verbs change meaning in the preterite. For example:
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