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El pretéritode los verbos

I to Y y algunos irregulares

I to Y verbsVerbs that end in -aer, -eer, and oír, the él/ella/usted forms use

the ending "yó" (rather than ió) and the ellos/ellas/ustedes forms use the ending "yeron" (rather than ieron). The remaining forms gain a written accent over the letter "i."

I to Y verbsLet’s take a look at the verb

“creer”, which means what?

creícreístecreyó

creímos creísteiscreyeron

Other verbs like this one are: caer(se), leer, and oír.

I to Y verbsAs always, there are exceptions to

any rule and this one has an exception. Verbs that end in -uir still have the I to Y change, but gain a written accent over the letter "i"

in the ‘yo’ form only. construíconstruisteconstruyó

construimosconstruisteisconstruyeron

I to Y verbsOther verbs like ‘construir’ are: incluir, destruir, contribuir, and huir.

What do these verbs mean?

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REMEMBER:• I to Y change in the 3rd person singular, “él / ella / Ud.” form and the 3rd person plural “ellos / ellas / Uds.” form

• -aer / -eer / and the verb oír have accented “i’s” on all of the other forms • -uir verbs only have and accented “i” in the “yo” form

Irregular verbs First know that irregular verbs NEVER

EVER have accents. Say it with me… “IRREGULAR VERBS NEVER EVER HAVE

ACCENTS!”

There are a lot of irregular verbs so we will divide them into Type 1 & Type 2 verbs.

We’ll look at a couple today.

Type 1 verbos ‘gemelos’ idénticos

These are your ‘2 for 1’ verbs. What a bargain… ‘ser’ and ‘ir’ are conjugated identically.

fui

fuiste

fue

fuimos

fuisteis

fueron

*Single-syllable forms NEVER EVER use accents.

More type 1 irregular verbs

Even though ‘ver’ appears to be a regular verb, it isn’t. Here are the forms:

vivistevio

vimos visteis vieron

Can you guess what makes it a type 1 irregular?

The other type 1 irregular verb

This next verb is just like ‘ver’ (it is a little confused; it thinks it is an -er/-ir verb)… so it could be considered another 2 for 1 verb. Just change all of the v’s to d’s and ta-da!

vi

viste

vio

vimos

visteis

vieron

di

diste

dio

dimos

disteis

dieron

Type 2 irregular verbs These are three type 2 verbs you will

need to know for now… estar tener hacer poner

All of these have irregular stems, hence irregular verbs.

Do you think these verbs will have accents?

Type 2 irregular verbsThese verbs all have the same

endings… regardless of it being an –ar, -er, or –ir verb. It is a cross

between the two sets of endings.

-e

-iste

-o

-imos

-isteis

-ieron

Type 2 irregular verbsLet’s look at the verbs with the “uv”

stem. Note: the same endings (-er/-ar)

estuve

estuviste

estuvo

estuvimos

estuvisteis

estuvieron

tuve

tuviste

tuvo

tuvimos

tuvisteis

tuvieron

Type 2 irregular verbsThe last 2 you need to know for

now are:

hice

hiciste

hizo

hicimos

hicisteis

hicieronpuse

pusiste

puso

pusimos

pusisteis

pusieron