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Preterite tense morphing verbs

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Morphing verbs

In the

preterite

tense, there are a group of irregular verbs that are referred to as morphing verbs.

Morphing verbs are verbs that completely change their stem. There are 3 groups of morphing verbs:

u

- stems

i

- stems

j

- stems

Because morphing verbs are irregular, none of the conjugated forms have written accents.

All morphing verbs, no matter what kind of stem they have, use the same endings. Slide3

Irregular

u-stem

verbs

andar

estar

poderponersabertener

and

u

v

-

est

u

v

-

p

u

d

-

p

u

s-

s

u

p-

t

u

v

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Irregular

i-stem

verbs

*

hacer

querervenir

h

i

c-

quis-vin-

The

third person singular form

of

HACER

is

HIZO

. The «c» changes to «z» to preserve the original sound of the verb.Slide5

Irregular

j-stem

verbs

conducir

decir

traer

condu

j

-

dij-traj-Slide6

Apuntes

importantes

*

Most verbs that end in

–

cir have j-stems in the

preterite

. Other examples include

traducir

(to translate) and producir (to produce).The third person plural ending of j-stem verbs drop the i. (

dijeron

,

trajeron

) Slide7

Endings for irregular stems ONLY!

e

iste

o

imos

isteis

ieronSlide8

Ejemplos

Estuve

enferma

ayer.Slide9

Trajeron

pizza a la fiesta.