Irregular Preterit Tense Verbs

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Irregular Preterit Tense Verbs
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Irregulars

• Certain verbs are irregular in the preterit
  (past) tense. You must memorize these verbs and
  how they conjugate.
• You cant just plug it into the normal formula.

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• SER
• Fui Fuimos
• Fuiste Fuisteis
• Fue Fueron

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IR

• Fui Fuimos
• Fuiste Fuisteis
• Fue Fueron

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• The following verbs have a unique base that must
  be memorized.
• Then, add the correct ending.

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Irregular Base

• VERB BASE PLUS ENDING
• estar gt estuv-
• tener gt tuv-
• venir gt vin-
• poder gt pud-
• saber gt sup-
• poner gt pus-
• querer gt quis-
• andar gt anduv-
• hacer gt hic-
• Ud. hizo

- e - iste - o -
imos - ieron
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Why are these 2 different?

• traer gt traj-
• yo traje, tú trajiste, él trajo, nosotros
  trajimos, ellos trajeron
• decir gt dij-
• yo dije, tú dijiste, él dijo, nosotros dijimos,
  ellos dijeron
• The ending for the ellos form is eron
  (without the i-)

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Práctica

• We didnt have homework yesterday.
• No TUVIMOS tarea ayer.
• Where did you put the book?
• Dónde PUSISTE el libro?
• What did the teacher say?
• Qué DIJO el maestro?

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Práctica

• My grandparents came to my house last night.
• What did the teacher say?
• Where did you put the keys?
• The waiter brought us the food very quickly.
• I looked for the cat all day, but I couldnt find
  it.
• We couldnt attend the concert because we didnt
  do the homework.

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TAREA

• Text p. 64, 65
• Act. 10, 12, 13