Preterit of leer, creer, oir, destruir Flashcards
What is the preterit?
A past tense in which the action of the verb occured at a specific point in time in the past or the action
lasted a specific amount of time in the past. The preterit is also used to describe a specific chain of events in the past.
Are leer, creer, oír, destruir regular or irregular verbs?
Leer, creer, oír, and destruir are irregular verbs.
What do leer, creer, oír, and destruir
have in common?
They have a double vowel and one of those vowels is the infinitive.
Why are verbs like leer, creer, oír, destruir irregular?
Because they have a spelling change in the third person singular and plural and usted, ustedes.
Third person singular: él, ella
Third person plural: ellos, ellas
What is the spelling change in the preterit for leer, creer, oír and destruir?
the i in the ió conjugation becomes y.
The same spelling change occurs in the
ieron conjugarion, the i becomes a y.
For example: Pancho leyó el periódico.
Los estudiantes leyeron la novela.
What are the conjugations for leer in the preterit?
yo leí
tú leí ste
usted, él, ella leyó
nosotros, nosotras leí mos
ustedes, ellos, ellas leyeron
What are the conjugations for creer in the preterit?
yo creí
tú creíste
usted, él, ella creyó
nosotros, nosotras creímos
ustedes, ellos, ellas creyeron
What are the conjugations for oír?
yo oí
tú oíste
usted, él, ella oyó
nosotros, nosotros oímos
ustedes, ellos, ellas oyeron
How is destruir different from leer, creer and oír?
The only difference is in the accentuated i’s.
Destruir is conjugated like leer, creer, and oír, but
the tú and nosotros, nosotras form do not have accent marks.
What are the conjugations for destruir in the preterit?
yo destruí
tú destruiste
usted, él, ella destruyó
nosotros, nosotras destruimos
ustedes, ellos, ellas destruyeron
What is a unique characteristic about leer, oír and creer?
The accent marks on the i’s.
For example, oí, oíste, oímos
For example, leí, leíste, leímos
For example, creí, creíste, creímos
What is the translation for oír, leer, creer, destruir?
oír = to hear
leer = to read
creer = to believe
destruir = to destroy
