Thursday, December 18, 2008

18 irregular verbs you must master

18 "non-conforming" verbs you must master 18 verbos "inconformes" con los cuales deber ser un experto.
Think of it as sort of a "club" that accepts only peculiar verbs as members. If a verb dares to be different this is the group to belong to. Here they are in their infinitive and preterite (1st person) Once you now the first person, you will know the rest. For the first 11 verbs Just follow the ending: E/O/ISTE/IMOS/IERON with only 2 exceptions: They said and they brought. (dijeron and trajeron) No "i" before the "e"1) TENER. tuve 2) ESTAR. estuve 3)ANDAR anduve. 4) PONER. Puse. 5) PODER. Pude. 6) SABER. supe 7) VENIR. vine. 8) HACER. Hice. 9) QUERER. Quise. 10) DECIR. Dije. 11) TRAER Traje. 12) SALIR, sal.. .13) VER vi... They are regular in the preterite but have other idyosincracies14) OIR oi, oyo, oiste, oimos, oyeron 15) CAER cai, cayo, caiste, caimos, cayeron ("i" changes to "y" when between vowels)16) DAR di, dio, dimos, dieron (DAR is an "AR" verb but decided to use the ER/IR endings in the preterite)17) IR 18) SER fui, fue, fuimos, fueron These 2 are identical but different meaning :-) Y eso es todo!! Si te conviertes en un experto en estos verbos, vas a avanzar mucho!

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