Irregular ER Verbs (2/5)
Spanish: Edexcel IGCSE, topic 8.2.8
More Irregular ER Verbs in the Preterite Tense
Stem change (vowel → u)
- In the preterite tense, some vowels change their root vowel to 'u', for example poner (to put), saber (to know) and poder (to be able to).
- E.g. Poder:
- Pude - I was able to.
- Pudiste - you were able to.
- Pudo - he/she was able to.
- Pudimos - we were able to.
- Pudisteis - you were able to.
- Pudieron - they were able to.
Stem change (vowel → i) - hacer (to do)
- In the preterite tense, some vowels change their root vowel to 'i', for example, hacer (to do):
- Hice - I did.
- Hiciste - you did.
- Hizo - he/she did.
- Hicimos - we did.
- Hicisteis - you did.
- Hicieron - they did.
Stem change (vowel → i) - querer (to want)
- In the preterite tense, some vowels change their root vowel to 'i', for example, querer (to want):
- Quise - I wanted.
- Quisiste - you wanted.
- Quiso - he/she wanted.
- Quisimos - we wanted.
- Quisisteis - you wanted.
- Quisieron - they wanted.
Traer (to bring)
- In the preterite tense, traer adds a 'j' to its stem.
- Traje - I brought.
- Trajiste - you (singular) brought.
- Trajo - he/she brought.
- Trajimos - we brought.
- Trajisteis - you (plural) brought.
- Trajieron - they brought.
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