Mini Lesson: Irregular verbs in Spanish (by level)
la mini-lección: Verbos irregulares en pretérito A2
Past tense verbs in Spanish, and particularly preterite verbs, can be confusing to many students.
As a reminder: the preterite tense is used to describe actions completed at a precise moment in the past.
Let’s take a look at some of the most irregular verbs in the preterite:
Ser – yo fui, tú fuiste…
Ir – yo fui, tú fuiste… (yes, same exact conjugation as for ser)
Dar – Yo di, tú diste…
Hacer – yo hice, tú hiciste…
Ver – yo vi, tú viste…
Estar – yo estuve, tú estuviste…
Tener – yo tuve, tú tuviste…
Decir – yo dije, tú dijiste…
la mini-lección: Verbos irregulares en pretérito A3-B2
Past tense verbs in Spanish, and particularly preterite verbs, can be confusing to many students.
As a reminder: the preterite tense is used to describe actions completed at a precise moment in the past.
Let’s take a look at some of the most irregular verbs in the preterite:
Ser – yo fui, tú fuiste…
Ir – yo fui, tú fuiste… (yes, same exact conjugation as for ser)
Dar – Yo di, tú diste…
Hacer – yo hice, tú hiciste…
Ver – yo vi, tú viste…
Estar – yo estuve, tú estuviste…
Tener – yo tuve, tú tuviste…
Decir – yo dije, tú dijiste…
Poder – yo pude, tú pudiste…
Poner – yo puse, tú pusiste…
la mini-lección: Verbos irregulares en pretérito B3-C2
Past tense verbs in Spanish, and particularly in the subjunctive, can be confusing to many students.
The imperfect subjunctive is used for doubt, uncertainty, wishes, or opinions about past events, and basically indicates an action in the past where the subjunctive is used in the past tense.
Let’s take a look at some of the most irregular verbs in the imperfect subjunctive:
Caber – yo cupiera o yo cupiese
Caer – yo cayera o yo cayese
Decir – Yo dijera o yo dijese
Tener – yo tuviera o yo tuviese
Hacer – yo hiciera o yo hiciese
Estar – yo estuviera o yo estuviese
Ver – yo viera o yo viese
Venir – yo viniera o yo viniese
Poder – yo pudiera o yo pudiese
Poner – yo pusiera o yo pusiese
