Grammar 8b Orto Cambios en pretérito

Question 1

-car

Answer 1

c → qu

tocar → **(Yo) toqué **
- aste
- ó
- amos
- aron

sacar (to take out), buscar (to look for, to seek), acercar (to bring near)

ca to ce changes to a soft c; ca to qu retains hard c sound

Question 2

-gar

Answer 2

add “u”

pagar → (Yo) pagué
- aste
- ó
- amos
- aron

jugar (to play-a game), llegar (to arrive), apagar (to extinguish, to put out, to turn off)

..because “ge” would be a soft g; change to “gu” to retain hard g

Question 3

-zar

Answer 3

cambio “z” por “c”

empezar → (Yo) empecé
- aste
- ó
- amos
- aron
Note: ZE never occurs; always change to CE

comenzar (to begin, to start), avanzar (to advance)

Question 4

-guar

Answer 4

gue → güe

averiguar (to find out, to investigate) → ** (yo) averigüé**
- aste
- ó
- amos
- aron

apaciguar (to pacify, calm down)

gue → güe retains gw sound

Question 5

-ducir

Answer 5

c → j

(no accents)
traducir…
- traduje
- tradujiste
- tradujo
- tradujimos
- tradujeron

reducir, conducir (to lead, drive)