Chapter 9 Flashcards
Caer (ki-er) conjugate in preterite
To fall: caí, caíste, cayó, caímos, cayeron
Verbs ending in -er and -ir are conjugated differently depending on if the last letter in the stem is a consonant or vowel. Consonants are “regular” but vowel ending change ió to yó, and ieron to yeron. In addition an accent is added after vowels (a,e, and o): example caíste, caímos. How would you conjugate he fell or they fell?
Cayó and cayeron.
Hacer and ir are irregular preterites, how are they conjugated?
Hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hiceron.
Fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron.
What makes the preterite conjugation of dar unique? What is it?
It’s done as if it ended in -er or - ir.
Di, diste, dió, dimos, dieron.
For verbs ending in -car,-gar, and -zar spellings are changed for the first person form in the preterite conjugation. Buscar–busqué, llegar–llegué, and empezar–empecé. Finish the conjugation of the verb buscar.
Busqué, buscaste, buscó, buscamos, buscaron.
What’s the difference between the present perfect and the preterite since both refer to completed actions?
The present perfect refers to completed actions within a period of time still in progress such as: they have seen six films this month, or I studied a lot this week.
The preterite presents completed actions within a past periods of time such as: yesterday I studied almost all day, or she saw three films last month.
Andar preterite
Stem with u: anduv-
Estar preterite
Stem with u: estuv-
Poder preterite
U: pud-
Poner preterite
U: pus-
Saber preterite
U: sup-
Tener preterite
U: Tuv-
Haber preterite
U: hub-
Decir preterite
I: dij-
Hacer preterite
I: hic (z)-
