2. Table of Contents
Title page
Table of Contents
El Presente
Ser y Estar
Verbs like gustar
Preterite
Imperfect
Cucharacha Verbs
3. Presente –er, -ar, -ir
-ar -er -ir
yo O O O
Tu As Es Es
El/Ella/ A E E
Usted
Nosotros Amos Emos Imos
(as)
Ellos (as)/ An En En
Ustedes
4. Stem Changers
e ie
o ue
eI
u ue
Also called boot verbs. There is no stem
change in the nosotros/vosotros
5. Irregular –zco, -go, -oy
-oy(dar) -go(tener) -zco(conocer)
doy damos tengo tenemos conozco
das dais tienes tieneis conoces conoseis
da dan tiene tienen conoce conocen
***Irregular “YO” verbs only change in the yo form
6. To use verbs like Gustar, you use the
following formula:
indirect object pronoun + verb + subject
Gustar
Encantar
Egrada
7. Verbs like -ger/-gir
-ger/-gir
– Change the “g” to an “j” in verbs that end in
ger/-gir ONLY in the Yo form
Coger----> Cojo
Dirigir ----> Dirijo
Exigir----> Exijo
8. Verbs like -cer/-cir
Verbs that end in a vowel
– + cer/cir add “z” before the “c” ONLY in the “Yo”
form
Verbs that end in a consanant
– + cer/cir change the “c” to a “z” ONLY in the “yo”
form
Convencer---> Convenzo
9. Verbs like –uir/-guir
-Guir verbs change from “gu” to “g” ONLY in the
“yo” form
Verbs that have endings in –uir, add “y” before “a”,
“e”, and “o” endings
Atribuir
Atribuyo Atribuimos
Atribuyes Atribuis
Atribuye Atribuyen
10. Imperfect
Imperfect is a form of past tense
Ar Er/Ir
Aba ía
ábamos íamos
Abas ías
Aba as
Aban ía
ían
11. Preterite
The preterite form alows you to refer to
specific past actions.
At a fixed point in time
A specific number of times
During an elapsed amount of time
12. Preterite- Car/Gar/Zar
Car Gar Zar
Qué Gué Cé
Aste Gaste
Aste
Ó
ó Ó
Amos
Amos Asteis Amos
Asteis Asteis
Aron
Aron Aron