JUVI Preterite Notes

Notes created by Profe King about the irregular preterite

1. ¡¡El pretEl pretérito!érito!

2. PretPretérito Regularérito Regular
AR VerbsAR Verbs
éé
asteaste
óó
amosamos
aron aron
ER/IR VerbsER/IR Verbs
íí
isteiste
ióió
imosimos
ieronieron
These endings must have accents in yo form and él form!

3. -car, -gar, -zar verbs-car, -gar, -zar verbs
These AR verbs have a spelling change in These AR verbs have a spelling change in
the YO FORM ONLYthe YO FORM ONLY
C C  qu qu
Yo toquYo toqué (change)é (change)
Tú tocaste (no change!)Tú tocaste (no change!)
G G  gu gu
Yo juguYo jugué é Tú jugasteTú jugaste
Z Z  c c
Yo almorcYo almorcééTú almorzaste Tú almorzaste
P.S. Technically these are regular verbs. That’s why they still need accents!

4. Irregular PreteriteIrregular Preterite
IR/SERIR/SER
FuiFui
FuisteFuiste
FueFue
FuimosFuimos
FueronFueron
No accents!No accents!
I went/ I wasI went/ I was
You went/ You wereYou went/ You were
He went/ He wasHe went/ He was
We went/ We wereWe went/ We were
They went/They wereThey went/They were

5. Dar VerDar Ver HacerHacer
DiDi vivi
DisteDistevisteviste
DioDio viovio
DimosDimosvimosvimos
DieronDieronvieronvieron
No accents!No accents!
HiceHice
HicisteHiciste
HizoHizo
HicimosHicimos
HicieronHicieron

6. Preterito Irregular: Preterito Irregular:
JUVI VerbsJUVI Verbs
These verbs experiences spelling changes in These verbs experiences spelling changes in
the stem in the preterite the stem in the preterite
ANDAND
Have their own set of endingsHave their own set of endings
ANDAND
No accents on JUVI verbsNo accents on JUVI verbs
(because irregulars never have accents!)(because irregulars never have accents!)

7. JUVI EndingsJUVI Endings
All these verbs end in: All these verbs end in:
ee
isteiste
oo
imosimos
isteis (vosotros)isteis (vosotros)
ieron *-eron for J verbs*ieron *-eron for J verbs*
No accents here!!!!!No accents here!!!!!

8. U Verbs:U Verbs: Poder, Poner, Saber Poder, Poner, Saber
Poder Poder  pud pud
Poner Poner  pus pus
Saber Saber  sup sup
Ex: Poder (could)Ex: Poder (could)
pudpudee
pudpudisteiste
pudpudoo
pudpudimosimos
pudpudieronieron

9. V Verbs:V Verbs: Andar, Estar, Tener Andar, Estar, Tener
(and verbs with tener in them)(and verbs with tener in them)
Andar Andar  anduv anduv
Estar Estar  estuv estuv
Tener Tener  tuv tuv
obtener obtener  obtuv obtuv
contener contener  contuv contuv
retener retener  retuv retuv
Ex. Tener (had)Ex. Tener (had)
tuvtuvee
tuvtuvisteiste
tuvtuvoo
tuvtuvimosimos
tuvtuvieronieron

10. I Verbs:I Verbs: Querer, Venir, Hacer Querer, Venir, Hacer
Querer Querer  quis quis
Venir Venir  vin vin
Hacer Hacer  hic (z) hic (z)
Ex. Querer Ex. Querer
(wanted)(wanted)
quisquisee
quisquisisteiste
quisquisoo
quisquisimosimos
quisquisieronieron

11. J verbs:J verbs: Decir, Traer, -ducir Decir, Traer, -ducir
Decir Decir  dij dij
Traer Traer  traj traj
Conducir Conducir  conduj conduj
 . . . .. . . .
traducir traducir  traduj traduj
reducir reducir  reduj reduj
introducir introducir  introduj introduj
Ex: Ex:
dijdijee
dijdijisteiste
dijdijoo
dijdijimosimos
dijdijeroneron
dijdijieronieron = BAD = BAD
No “I” in ellos No “I” in ellos
ending on J ending on J
verbs!verbs!