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More Irregular Preterit Forms

More Irregular Preterit Forms. (Más formas irregulares del pretérito). ¿Dónde pusiste el balón?. hacer. poder. querer. poner. decir. saber. traer. venir. Note the irregular stems for these verbs!. All these verbs take the same set of endings. poder. pud-. .

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More Irregular Preterit Forms

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  1. More Irregular Preterit Forms (Más formas irregulares del pretérito) ¿Dónde pusiste el balón? hacer poder querer poner decir saber traer venir

  2. Note the irregular stems for these verbs! All these verbs take the same set of endings. poder pud-  (hizo, 3rd pers. sing.) poner pus-  saber  sup-  venir vin- hacer  hic- z e (no accent) iste o (no accent) imos isteis ieron  quis- querer * dij- decir  traer traj-  eron* All irregular preterit verbs whose stem ends in j drop the i in third-person plural.

  3. More irregular preterit forms poder, poner, saber, venir, hacer, querer, decir, traer Pude ir a la piscina. I was able (managed) to go to the pool. ¿Por qué pusiste la toalla allí? Why did you put the towel there? ¿Supiste dónde está el estadio? Did you find out where the stadium is? ¿Vino Julio al partido ayer? Did Julio come to the game yesterday?

  4. More irregular preterit forms poder, poner, saber, venir, hacer, querer, decir, traer Juanito hizo su cama antes de salir a jugar. Juanito made his bed before going out to play. Quise patear el balón, pero no fue posible. I wanted (tried) to kick the soccer ball, but it wasn’t possible. Ya te dije que no estoy de humor para un pícnic. I already told you that I’m not in the mood for a picnic. Las chicas trajeron comida a la fiesta. The girls brought food to the party.

  5. More irregular preterit forms The preterit form of hay (from the verb haber) is hubo for both singular and plural. Hubo is the only preterit form of haber that is normally used in modern Spanish. haber  hubo Hubo refers to things that occurred, or things or situations that existed for a specific period of time. Ayer hubo un partido de fútbol en el estadio. Yesterday there was a soccer game in the stadium. Hubo más de 50.000 espectadores. There were more than 50,000 spectators. Hubo dos accidentes en la misma esquina. Two accidentes occurred on the same corner.

  6. More irregular preterit forms The verb hacer has particular importance when used in the preterit. It asks about what someone did. ¿Qué hice? What did I do? ¿Qué hiciste? What did you (tú) do? ¿Qué hizo? What did he, she, you (Ud.) do? ¿Qué hicimos? What did we do? ¿Qué hicisteis? What did you (vosotros) do? ¿Qué hicieron? What did they, you (Uds.) do?

  7. More irregular preterit forms The verb hacer has particular importance when used in the preterit. It asks about what someone did. ¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado? What did you do last weekend? Fui al cine y cené con mi novia la noche del sábado. I went to the movies and had dinner with my girlfriend Saturday night. Notice that, just as in the present tense, questions asked with the verb hacer are generally answered with some other verb.

  8. More irregular preterit forms Another type of question that is important in the preterit is one that asks “What happened?” Spanish provides several ways to ask this question. ¿Qué pasó? ¿Qué ocurrió? What happened? ¿Qué sucedió? ¿Qué aconteció? ¿Qué hubo?

  9. More irregular preterit forms Another type of question that is important in the preterit is one that asks “What happened?” Spanish provides several ways to ask this question. ¿Qué pasó cuando los Aztecas ganaron el partido de fútbol? What happened when the Aztecas won the soccer game? Hubo un motín en el estadio. There was a riot in the stadium.

  10. Special meanings in the preterit conocer Present tense–to know someone ¿Conoces a Jaime Martínez? Do you know Jaime Martínez? Preterit tense–to meet someone Sí, lo conocí en la escuela. Yes, I met him at school.

  11. Special meanings in the preterit poder Present tense–to be able (to have the ability) Podemos recitar mucha poesía. We are able to recite a lot of poetry. Preterit tense–to manage (to do something) Después de mucho memorizar, pudimos recitar Versos sencillos, de José Martí. After a lot of memorizing, we managed to recite Versos sencillos, by José Martí.

  12. Special meanings in the preterit no poder Present tense–to not be able (without necessarily trying) Juan no puede leer sin sus lentes. Juan is not able to read without his glasses. Preterit tense–to fail (after trying to do something) Juan trató de leer el documento, pero no pudo hacerlo sin sus lentes. Juan tried to read the document, but without his glasses he failed to do so.

  13. Special meanings in the preterit querer Present tense–to want Ana quiere escuchar música en su estéreo. Ana wants to listen to music on her stereo. Preterit tense–to try Ana quiso escuchar música, pero su estéreo se descompuso. Ana tried to listen to music, but her stereo broke.

  14. Special meanings in the preterit no querer Present tense–to not want No quiero ir a la fiesta de Juanita. I don’t want to go to Juanita’s party. Preterit tense–to refuse Juanita me invitó a su fiesta, pero no quise ir. Sus fiestas son muy pesadas. Juanita invited me to her party, but I refused to go. Her parties are boring.

  15. Special meanings in the preterit saber Present tense–to know Los alumnos saben que hay un examen hoy. The students know that there is an exam today. Preterit tense–to find out, to learn Los alumnos supieron justo anoche que hay un examen hoy. The students found out just last night that there is an exam today.

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  17. Querido diario: práctica sobre el pretérito Querido diario: pude tuvimos Anoche Manolo y yo (1. tener) _______________ mucha suerte porque yo (2. poder) ____________ comprar boletos para un concierto de Millie Corretjer. Como sabes, ella es puertorriqueña y una fue superestrella de música pop latina. El concierto (3. ser) ___________ en el estadio de Mayaguez. salimos llegamos Nosotros (4. salir) ____________ de la casa a las 7:30 y (5. llegar) _____________ al estadio a las empezó 8:00 en punto. El concierto no (6. empezar) _____________ hasta las 9:00, pero así Manolo y yo pudimos (7. poder) _____________ encontrar unos buenos asientos para el espectáculo. Al entrar en el estadio, di fue Manolo (8. ir) ____________ a comprar un programa y yo le (9. dar) ______________ dinero para salió comprarme uno también. Cuando Millie (10. salir) ______________ al escenario, todo el mundo (11. aplaudió hizo aplaudir) _____________ . Durante todo el concierto (12. hacer) ___________ mucho calor en el bailamos estadio. Todos nosotros (13. bailar) ______________ hasta la medianoche cuando Millie por fin (14. decidió anduvimos decidir) ____________ dejar de cantar. Después, nosotros (15. andar) ______________ a casa y recordamos (16. recordar) _________________ la emoción de esa noche bajo las estrellas con Millie Corretjer. Bueno, esto es todo por hoy. La semana que viene vamos a un concierto de rock.

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