Regular
I ran.
Corrí
Car, Gar, Zar verbs only change in the ____ person conjugation.
1st, yo
Two examples of i --> y verbs.
leer, oír, creer, poseer, etc.
The infinitives of the twin verbs.
ser and ir
Stem-changing verbs in the preterite don't have this
accents
He lived.
Vivió
Car, Gar, Zar verbs change spelling for this reason.
To maintain the pronunciation.
The i changes to a y in this person/conjugation(s).
third person, él/ella/usted, ellos/ellas/ustedes
Ver is irregular because of this.
no accents
I did the homework. (must spell)
Hice la tarea.
They talked.
Hablaron
I played the piano. (must spell the verb)
Toqué el piano.
You (formal) heard. (must spell)
oyó
Dar is called this because of its irregular endings
traitor verb
The 4 types of stem changes.
i-stem, j-stem, u-stem, uv-stem
You wrote.
Escribiste.
I arrived. (must spell the verb)
Llegué.
Shoe verbs are identified by these two characteristics (one is specific to the present tense)
-ir verbs, stem-change in the present tense
We went.
fuimos
You said.
dijiste
Y'all (inf.) sang.
Cantaron
I started. (must spell the verb)
empecé, comencé
They ordered.
pidieron
They gave.
dieron
They had.
tuvieron