Regular ER Verbs
Spanish: AQA A Level, topic 16.6.7
Regular ER Verbs in the Preterite Tense
To form the preterite tense for regular ER verbs, remove the ER and add the correct endings for each person. The endings added for regular ER verbs in the preterite are the same as for regular IR verbs. Here is the example with 'comer' (to eat):
Comí - I ate
Comiste - you ate
Comió - he/she ate
Comimos - we ate
Comisteis - you ate
Comieron - they ate
5 Common Regular ER Verbs
Entender - to understand
- Entendí - I understood.
- Entendiste - you understood.
- Entendió - he/she understood.
- Entendimos - we understood.
- Entendisteis - you (plural) understood.
- Entendieron - they understood.
Conocer - to know, meet
- Conocí - I knew, met.
- Conociste - you knew, met.
- Conoció - he/she knew, met.
- Conocimos - we knew, met.
- Conocisteis - you (plural) knew, met.
- Conocieron - they knew, met.
Volver - to return
- Volví - I returned.
- Volviste - you returned.
- Volvió - he/she returned.
- Volvimos - we returned.
- Volvisteis - you (plural) returned.
- Volvieron - they returned.
Aprender - to learn
- Aprendí - I learnt.
- Aprendiste - you learnt.
- Aprendió - he/she learnt.
- Aprendimos - we learnt.
- Aprendisteis - you (plural) learnt.
- Aprendieron - they learnt.
Deber - to have to, to must
- Debí - I had to.
- Debiste - you had to.
- Debió - he/she had to.
- Debimos - we had to.
- Debisteis - you (plural) had to.
- Debieron - they had to.
Test yourself on Regular ER Verbs
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