these two verbs only put their first letter in front of the new preterite endings (i, iste, o, imos, isteis, ieron)
DAR y VER
these four verbs have new preterite endings with many accents!
LEER, CREER, OIR, HUIR
these two verbs do not end in -ieron like many verbs like them, but they instead end in -ERON
DECIR y TRAER
the new preterite stems for the following verbs IN ORDER would be...
HACER, TENER, VENIR, PONER
the new preterite stems for the following verbs IN ORDER would be...
PODER, DECIR, ESTAR, TRAER
PUD-, DIJ-, ESTUV-, TRAJ-
translate: You saw. (informal)
Tu viste. (accent on u)
translate: I read. (past tense)
Yo lei. (accent on i)
translate: We came.
Nosotros vinimos.
translate: I gave.
Yo di.
translate: You could.
Tu pudiste. (accent on u)
Translate: You all were. (f) (temporary/location)
Ustedes estuvieron.
Translate: We (females) had.
Nosotras tuvimos.
translate: I told.
Yo dije.
translate: They made.
Ellos hicieron.
Ella puso.
translate: They fled. (female)
Ellas huyeron.
translate: You brought. (formal)
Usted trajo.
El creyo. (accent on E and o)
translate: You all put. (informal)
Vosotros pusisteis.
translate: You read. (informal)
Tu leiste. (accents on u and i)
translate: The man read the book to his son.
El hombre leyo el libro a su hijo. (accent on o "leyo")
translate: We saw the movie at the movie theater last Friday.
Nosotros vimos la pelicula en el cine el viernes pasado. (accent on i "pelicula")
translate: The girl told her friend that she was sad last night.
La chica dijo a su amiga que ella estuvo triste anoche.
translate: The mother had five children in her car.
La madre tuvo cinco ninos en su carro.
translate: They were able to see the baseball game.
Ellos pudieron ver el partido de beisbol.