Preterite: Irregular 'ER' Verbs
Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 8.2.8
Stem Spelling Change (I → Y)
In the preterite tense, some verbs change their spelling. This only happens in the 'él/ella' and the 'ellos/ellas' forms - the other forms gain an accent on the 'i'.
Leer - to read
- Leí - I read.
- Leíste - you read.
- Leyó - he/she read / you read (formal).
- Leímos - we read.
- Leísteis - you read (plural).
- Leyeron - they read / you read (formal plural).
Caer - to fall
- Caí - I fell.
- Caíste - you fell.
- Cayó - he/she fell / you fell (formal).
- Caímos - we fell.
- Caísteis - you fell (plural).
- Cayeron - they fell (formal plural).
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