1 El Pretérito Verbos Irregulares

2 ¿Qué aprendimos? The preterite signals an action in the past that has a definite beginning and ending.

3 ¿Qué aprendimos? -AR verbs have the following endings: -é -aste -ó -amos -aron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes

4 -ER and -IR verbs have the following endings: -í -iste -ió -imos -ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes

5 ¡Felicitaciones! Congratulations! You are well on your way to becoming past tense experts.

6 Malas Noticias The bad news is that we have some different irregular verbs in the preterite tense.

7 Stem-changing IR verbs SingularPlural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person XX In the preterite IR stem-changing verbs follow this rule: ‣ o:u ‣ i:e This only occurs in the third person.

8 Dormir: to sleep ✓ In the third person singular and plural ✓ O:U SingularPlural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person dormí dormiste durmiódurmieron dormimos

9 Preferir: to prefer SingularPlural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person ✓ In the third person singular and plural ✓ E:I preferí preferiste prefirióprefirieron preferimos

10 More irregulares! These are not stem-changing verbs. However, they do take a new root and different endings in the preterite tense.

11 Irregular verbs, preterite 1. Andar (to walk) anduv- 2. Estar (to be) estuv- 3. Tener (to have) tuv- 4. Haber (there is or there are) hub- 5. Poder (to be able to) pud- 6. Poner (to put) pus- 7. Saber (to know) sup- 8. Hacer (to do, to make) hic- 9. Querer (to want) quis- 10. Venir (to come) vin-

12 Irregular Verb Endings -e -iste -o -imos -ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes Notice there are no accents for you to remember. Yay!

13 Add root + ending Ejemplo: Estar (to be) Root = estuv- e iste o imos ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes estuv

14 Add root + ending Ejemplo: andar (to walk) Root = anduv- e iste o imos ieron X Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros Nosotras Ellos, ellas Ustedes anduv

15 To help you remember the yo form of irregular preterite verbs... ¡Vamos a cantar!cantar

16 Letras tener es tuve; estar estuve ir es fui y también ser poner es puse; poder es pude traje es para traer hacer hice; haber hube; saber supe; querer quise; decir dije; venir vine; ver vi; dar di; no acentos