Irregular AR Verbs (2/4)
Spanish: Edexcel IGCSE, topic 8.2.3
Verbs Ending in 'car' in the Preterite Tense
Some AR verbs in the preterite change their stem in the 'yo' form. This is the only change and they follow a regular pattern after this.
Verbs ending in 'car'
- Spanish verbs ending in 'car' change their spelling in the first person preterite.
- The 'car' in the infinitive changes to 'qué' in the 'yo' form.
- Publicar (to publish) → publiqué (I published).
Tocar - to touch, play (an instrument)
- Toqué - I played.
- Tocaste - you played.
- Tocó - she played.
- Tocamos - we played.
- Tocasteis - you played.
- Tocaron - they played.
Buscar - to look for
- Busqué - I looked for.
- Buscaste - you looked for.
- Buscó - she looked for.
- Buscamos - we looked for.
- Buscasteis - you looked for.
- Buscaron - they looked for.
Explicar - to explain
- Expliqué - I explained.
- Explicaste - you explained.
- Explicó - he explained.
- Explicaron - we explained.
- Explicasteis - you explained.
- Explicaron - they explained.
Similar verbs
- Other verbs that follow this pattern include:
- Pescar - to fish.
- Dedicar - to devote.
- Provocar - to provoke.
- Marcar - to score, to mark.
- Sacar - to get, to achieve
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