This document summarizes Spanish verb conjugations in the preterite tense. It outlines: 1) Regular AR, ER, and IR verb endings with accent marks. 2) Spelling changes for -car, -gar, -zar verbs and irregular verbs like ser, ir, dar, and ver. 3) "JUVI" verbs which are irregular and have unique stem changes and endings without accent marks. These include poder, poner, saber, andar, estar, tener, querer, venir, hacer, and decir verbs.

1. ¡ El pret érito!

2. Pret érito Regular AR Verbs é aste ó amos aron ER/IR Verbs í iste ió imos ieron These endings must have accents in yo form and él form!

3. -car, -gar, -zar verbs These AR verbs have a spelling change in the YO FORM ONLY C  qu Yo toqu é (change) Tú tocaste (no change!) G  gu Yo jugu é Tú jugaste Z  c Yo almorc é Tú almorzaste P.S. Technically these are regular verbs. That’s why they still need accents!

4. Irregular Preterite IR/SER Fui Fuiste Fue Fuimos Fueron No accents! I went/ I was You went/ You were He went/ He was We went/ We were They went/They were

5. Dar Ver Hacer Di vi Diste viste Dio vio Dimos vimos Dieron vieron No accents! Hice Hiciste Hizo Hicimos Hicieron

6. Preterito Irregular: JUVI Verbs These verbs experiences spelling changes in the stem in the preterite AND Have their own set of endings AND No accents on JUVI verbs (because irregulars never have accents!)

7. JUVI Endings All these verbs end in: e iste o imos isteis (vosotros) ieron *-eron for J verbs* No accents here!!!!!

8. U Verbs: Poder, Poner, Saber Poder  pud Poner  pus Saber  sup Ex: Poder (could) pud e pud iste pud o pud imos pud ieron

9. V Verbs: Andar, Estar, Tener (and verbs with tener in them) Andar  anduv Estar  estuv Tener  tuv obtener  obtuv contener  contuv retener  retuv Ex. Tener (had) tuv e tuv iste tuv o tuv imos tuv ieron

10. I Verbs: Querer, Venir, Hacer Querer  quis Venir  vin Hacer  hic (z) Ex. Querer (wanted) quis e quis iste quis o quis imos quis ieron

11. J verbs: Decir, Traer, -ducir Decir  dij Traer  traj Conducir  conduj . . . . traducir  traduj reducir  reduj introducir  introduj Ex: dij e dij iste dij o dij imos dij eron dij ieron = BAD No “I” in ellos ending on J verbs!