Avancemos 2

More Irregular Preterites – venir & querer

Unidad 4 Lección 2

Quere

r & V

enir

You have already learned

many verbs that have an

irregular stem and endings

when conjugated into the

preterite.

The verbs querer and

venir are two more

irregular preterites.

Let’s re

view

: w

hat a

re th

e

stem

s of th

e fo

llow

ing ve

rbs w

hen

conju

gate

d in

to th

e p

rete

rite?

Verb

Estar:

Poder:

Poner:

Saber:

Tener:

Querer:

Venir:

Preterite Stem

Estuv

Pud

Pus

Sup

Tuv

Quis

Vin

Irregula

r Prete

rite

Endin

gs – N

O A

CC

EN

TS!

e

iste

o

imos

ieron

Venir

Examples:

¿Ustedes vinieron de la

biblioteca?Did you come from the library?

Yo vine del templo.I came from the temple.

Nosotros vinimos de la ciudad.

We came from the city.

Quere

r –

to w

ant

*****PLEASE NOTE:The verb querer has a

different meaning when

used in the preterite. It

means tried.Quisimos ver las ruinas pero

no pudimos.We tried to see the ruins but we

couldn’t.

Práctica

1.I tried

2.We had

3.They found

out

4.You came

5.You all were

6.He put

1. Yo quise

2. Nosotros

tuvimos

3. Ellos supieron

4. Tú viniste

5. Ustedes

estuvieron

6. Él puso