Irregular Verbs•The Spanish language is full of irregular verbs.
•These verbs are often irregular in all conjugation forms.
•SER and IR are irregular verbs
•Let’s investigate others!
Stem Changers in the Preterit Tense•Some verbs take a new stem in the preterit tense.
•These verbs are categorized into 4 separate groups.
Irregular Endings•The irregular verbs also take an irregular
set of endings•They come from a combination of the –AR
and –ER/-IR endings
e imosiste isteis o ieron
Group 1: I-Stems•I-Stem changing verbs take an “I” in the preterit tense.
•These verbs include:▫Hacer ▫Querer▫Venir
Hacer•The verb “hacer” changes to “Hic__”
hicehiciste
hicimoshicisteishicieronhiz
o• The 3rd person singular box has an additional change. It takes a “z” to keep the same sound.
Querer•Querer changes to “Quis__” in the preterit
tense. The meaning also changes. “To try and succeed and to try and refuse”
Quise QuisimosQuisiste Quisisteis Quiso Quisieron
Group 2: J-Stems•The next group of verbs take a “j” in the stem.
•These verbs include:▫Decir▫Traer▫-cir verbs
Decir•Decir is both a J-stem and an I-stem. Therefore, it changes to “Dij__”
dije dijimosdijiste dijisteis dijo
dijeron
Traer•Traer is also a J-stem. It changes to
“Traj__”
traje trajimostrajiste trajisteis trajo
trajeron
-cir verbs•Verbs that end in –cir are J-stems also.
•Some of these verbs include:▫Producir▫Conducir▫Decir (as we already know )
Group 3: U-Stems•The next group of verbs take a “u” in the stem.
•The U-stems include:▫Poder▫Poner▫Saber
Poder•Poder stem changes to “Pud__”. It also has a
new meaning in the preterit: “to try and could or to try and fail.”
pude pudimospudiste pudisteis pudo pudieron
Saber•Saber changes to “Sup__” in the preterit tense.
It’s meaning changes to “to just learn/find out”
Supe SupimosSupiste Supisteis Supo Supieron
Group 4: V-stems •The final group of verbs take a “v” in the preterit tense.
•These verbs include:▫Andar▫Estar▫Tener
Andar• Andar changes to “Anduv__” in the preterit tense.
anduve anduvimosanduviste anduvisteis anduvo anduvieron
Estar•Estar changes to “Estuv__” in the preterit
tense.
estuve estuvimosestuviste estuvisteis estuvo estuvieron