Irregular Preterite

Irregular Preterite

The irregular verbs and their stems are as follows:

• hacer - hic

• querer - quis

• venir - vin

• poner - pus

• poder - pud

• saber - sup

• tener - tuv

• andar - anduv

• estar - estuv

• decir - dij

• traer - traj

​e	​imos
iste​	isteis​
o​	ieron​

​ All irregular verbs in this presentation will use the following chart no matter what their verb ending is. There are no accents in this chart either. Yay!

​hice	​hicimos
​hiciste	​hicisteis
​hizo	​hicieron

Hacer = to do/make (did/made)

​Pronunciation

rules require

this spelling change

​If we left this as hico, it would be pronounced with a hard 'c' like in cat.

quise	quisimos
quisiste	quisisteis
​quiso	quisieron

querer = to want (wanted/attempted)

​meaning change in the preterite

vine	​vinimos
viniste	​vinisteis
vino	​vinieron

venir = to come (came)

tuve	​tuvimos
tuviste	tuvisteis
tuvo	tuvieron

tener= to have (had)

anduve	​anduvimos
anduviste	anduvisteis
anduvo	anduvieron

andar = to walk/ride (walked/rode)

estuve	​estuvimos
estuviste	estuvisteis
estuvo	estuvieron

estar = to be (was/were)

puse	​pusimos
pusiste	pusisteis
puso	pusieron

poner= to put/place (put/placed)

pude	​pudimos
pudiste	pudisteis
pudo	pudieron

poder= to be able to (could)

supe	​supimos
supiste	supisteis
supo	supieron

saber= to know (found out)

Meaning changes in the preterite

dije	​dijimos
dijiste	dijisteis
dijo	dijeron

decir= to tell/say (told/said)

spelling change from ieron to eron

traje	​trajimos
trajiste	trajisteis
trajo	trajeron

traer= to bring (brought)

spelling change from ieron to eron