Regular ER Verbs
Spanish: Edexcel IGCSE, topic 8.2.6
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. 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 / you understood (formal).
- Entendimos - we understood.
- Entendisteis - you understood (plural).
- Entendieron - they understood / you understood (formal plural).
Conocer - to know, meet
- Conocí - I knew, met.
- Conociste - you knew, met.
- Conoció - he/she knew, met / you knew, met (formal).
- Conocimos - we knew, met.
- Conocisteis - you knew, met (plural).
- Conocieron - they knew, met / you knew, met (formal plural).
Volver - to return
- Volví - I returned.
- Volviste - you returned.
- Volvió - he/she returned / you returned (formal)
- Volvimos - we returned.
- Volvisteis - you returned (plural).
- Volvieron - they returned / you returned (formal plural)
Aprender - to learn
- Aprendí - I learnt.
- Aprendiste - you learnt.
- Aprendió - he/she learnt / you learnt (formal).
- Aprendimos - we learnt.
- Aprendisteis - you learnt (plural).
- Aprendieron - they learnt / you learnt (formal plural).
Deber - to have to, to must
- Debí - I had to.
- Debiste - you had to.
- Debió - he/she had to / you had to (formal).
- Debimos - we had to.
- Debisteis - you had to (plural).
- Debieron - they had to / you had to (formal plural).
Test yourself on Regular ER Verbs
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