Regular IR Verbs
Spanish: Edexcel IGCSE, topic 8.2.12
Regular IR Verbs in the Preterite Tense
To form the preterite tense for regular IR verbs, remove the IR and add the correct endings for each person (same endings as for regular ER verbs). Here is the example with 'vivir' (to live):
Viví - I lived
Viviste - you lived (singular)
Vivió - he/she lived / you lived (formal)
Vivimos - we lived
Vivisteis - you lived (plural)
Vivieron - they lived / you lived (formal plural)
5 Common Regular IR Verbs
Salir - to go out
- Salí - I go out.
- Saliste - you go out.
- Salió - he/she goes out.
- Salimos - we go out.
- Salisteis - you (plural) go out.
- Salieron - they go out.
Admitir - to accept
- Admití - I accepted.
- Admitiste - you accepted.
- Admitió - he/she accepted.
- Admitimos - we accepted.
- Admitisteis - you accepted.
- Admitieron - they accepted.
Decidir - to decide
- Decidí - I decided.
- Decidiste - you decided.
- Decidió - he/she decided.
- Decidimos - we decided.
- Decidisteis - you decided.
- Decidieron - they decided.
Subir - to go up
- Subí - I went up.
- Subiste - you went up.
- Subió - he/she went up.
- Subimos - we went up.
- Subisteis - you went up.
- Subieron - they went up.
Recibir - to receive
- Recibí - I received.
- Recibiste - you received.
- Recibió - he/she received.
- Recibimos - we received.
- Recibisteis - you received.
- Recibieron - they received.
Test yourself on Regular IR Verbs
How do you say 'you lived' (plural) in Spanish?
¿Qué significa 'subió' en inglés?
How do you say 'you (plural) received' in Spanish?