

Irregular Preterite: "Sandal" & "FUJI" Verbs
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Sarah Boyer
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Irregular Preterite: "Sandal" & "FUJI" Verbs

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¿Cuándo usa el pretérito?
To explain actions or events in the past that have already finished. Ejemplo: Empecé a jugar el año pasado. (I started playing last year.)
To describe events in the past Ejemplo: La película fue interesante. (The movie was interesting.)
To indicate a change in an emotion or condition in the past. Ejemplo: Me alegré cuando gané la lotería. (I became happy when I won the lottery.)
When an action is interrupted by another action in the past, the interrupting action will use el pretérito. Ejemplo: Estudiaba cuando el teléfono sonó. (I was studying when the phone rang.)
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Multiple Select
Which situations are when we should use the preterite tense (select all that aaply)?
To explain actions or events in the past that have already finished.
To explain events in the past that were ongoing a long time ago.
To indicate a change in an emotion or condition in the past.
When an action is interrupted by another action in the past, the interrupting action will use el pretérito.
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Palabras y frases útiles con el pretérito:
ayer yesterday
de repente suddenly
anoche last night
el año pasado last year
hace dos horas 2 hours ago
esta mañana this morning
anteayer the day before yesterday
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Fill in the Blanks
Translate the phrase from Spanish to English:
Yo hablé con mi madre ayer.
Type answer...
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Regular Verb Endings in the Preterite Tense
-AR: -é, áste, ó, amos, aron
-ER/-IR: í, iste, ió, imos, ieron
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Multiple Choice
¡Práctica!
Hablar (yo)
hablo
hable
habló
hablé
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Multiple Choice
¡Práctica!
Comer (él)
come
comio
comé
comió
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Multiple Choice
¡Práctica!
abrir (ellos)
abren
abraron
abrieron
abriron
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-CAR, -GAR, -ZAR Irregular Preterite
The first type of irregular verb in el pretérito that we will look at are verbs that have a “yo” form that doesn’t correspond with the normal pattern of conjugation. These verbs all end in “‐car,” “‐gar,” or “‐zar” and have an irregular spelling only in the “yo” form in order to ensure that the sound of the verb is maintained
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-CAR -- qué -GAR -- qué -ZAR -- cé
tocar -- toqué
sacar -- saqué
buscar -- busqué
jugar -- jugué
pagar -- pagué
cruzar -- crucé
empezar -- empecé
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Fill in the Blanks
Yo
Type answer...
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¡Las sandálias!
Sandal Verbs, often called Stem Changing Verbs, in the preterit have irregular forms in ONLY the él/ella/usted and ellos/ellas/ustedes (3rd person) forms. To help remember this pattern they are sometimes referred to as “las sandalias.”
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Multiple Select
Which 2 forms do sandal verbs stem change in? (select both correct answers)
él/ella/ud.
ellos/ellas/uds.
yo
tú
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More "Sandal" Verbs
Also: These three verbs don’t fit in with the rest of the stem changes because of additional accents, but their irregular forms still fall into the sandal pattern:
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Multiple Choice
¿Qué _______ (creer) ella del exámen?
creió
creyó
cree
creíste
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Multiple Choice
Ellos _______ (leer) los libros anoche.
leieron
leyó
leyeron
leen
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"FUJI" Preterite Verbs
These are our "Super" Irregular Verbs using the acronym "F U J I"
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"F" in FUJI stands for the preterite of ir and ser
Fui
Fuiste
Fue
Fuimos
Fueron
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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"U" in FUJI stands for the verbs that root change to a "u"
estar -- estuv
saber -- sup
andar -- anduv
tener -- tuv
poder -- pud
poner -- pus
"u" endings: e, iste, o, imos, ieron (NO ACCENTS)
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Multiple Choice
Poner, nosotros
pusimos
pudimos
supimos
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Multiple Choice
Yo ___________ (estar) en la estación de ferrocarril.
estuve
estuviste
estuvimos
estuvo
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Multiple Choice
José _____mucha tarea ayer.
tuve
anduve
anduvo
tuvo
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"J" in FUJI stands for the verbs that have a root change to "j"
traer -- traj
producir -- produj
conducir -- conduj
*decir -- dij
*this verb will also be an "i" verb in the next notes slide! You will see why then
ENDINGS: -e, -istse, -o, -imos, -eron
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Multiple Choice
What is the stem of the verb traer in the preterite form?
Trae
Tra
Traj
Truj
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Multiple Choice
What is the stem of the verb conducir in the preterite form?
conduc
cuj
conduj
condud
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"I" in FUJI stands for the verbs that have a root change to "i"
dar -- di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron
venir -- vine, viniste, vino, vimos, vieron
querer -- quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisieron
*hacer -- hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicieron
*except the form él/ella/Ud. (hizo)
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