Let's now learn how to conjugate Spanish verbs with spell changes in the preterit or past tense.One of the first things you need to know to learn how to conjugate Spanish verbs with spelling changes in the preterit tense is that most of the time spelling and sound rules will override verb conjugations.Verbs ending in car, gar, and zar are some of these Spanish verbs with spelling changes in the past tense, and it only happens with the pronoun yo.The consonant c is replaced with qu, g is replaced with gu and z is replaced with c.Take a look at the following conjugations for the verbs secar (to dry), llegar (to arrive), and empezar (to begin) with the pronoun yo.Pronoun in Spanish c - qu g - gu z - c yo sequ llegu empec.Other similar verbs are atacar (to attack), secar (to pull out), tocar (to touch), apagar (to turn off), navegar (to navigate/to sail), pagar (to pay), almorzar (to have lunch or mid-morning meal), empezar (to start), reemplazar (to substitute for / to replace).When a verb has a vowel before -ER or -IR endings the "I" of the preterit tense ending is replaced with y when it is conjugated for any of the following pronouns. l, ella, usted, ellos, ellas, and ustedes.Some of these verbs are construir (to build), caer (to fall), huir (to flee/to run away), incluir (to include), leer (to read), etc.See the following conjugation.Creer - to believe yo cre - I believed t creiste - you believed l/ella crey - he/she believed usted crey - you believed (formal) nosotros cremos - we believed ustedes creyeron - you believed (plural) ellos/ellas creyeron - they believed (masculine or feminine).Two exceptions are traer (to bring) and distraer (to distract).Considering that how to conjugate Spanish verbs with spelling changes in the past tense can be a very challenging area of Spanish for native English speakers studying Spanish there are several verb conjugation tools that I have recommended to my own private students..1.Learning Like Crazy's Verbarrator software for practicing how to conjugate over 500 verbs in every tense which is available at Amazon.Com and Barnes and Noble bookstores.2.Dorothy Richmond's Practice Make Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses which is also available at Amazon.Com and Barnes and Noble bookstores.3.McGraw Hill's Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs which is also available at Amazon.Com and Barnes and Noble bookstores.
Friday, August 31, 2012
How to Conjugate Spanish Verbs With Spelling Changes in the Preterit or Past Tense
Let's now learn how to conjugate Spanish verbs with spell changes in the preterit or past tense.One of the first things you need to know to learn how to conjugate Spanish verbs with spelling changes in the preterit tense is that most of the time spelling and sound rules will override verb conjugations.Verbs ending in car, gar, and zar are some of these Spanish verbs with spelling changes in the past tense, and it only happens with the pronoun yo.The consonant c is replaced with qu, g is replaced with gu and z is replaced with c.Take a look at the following conjugations for the verbs secar (to dry), llegar (to arrive), and empezar (to begin) with the pronoun yo.Pronoun in Spanish c - qu g - gu z - c yo sequ llegu empec.Other similar verbs are atacar (to attack), secar (to pull out), tocar (to touch), apagar (to turn off), navegar (to navigate/to sail), pagar (to pay), almorzar (to have lunch or mid-morning meal), empezar (to start), reemplazar (to substitute for / to replace).When a verb has a vowel before -ER or -IR endings the "I" of the preterit tense ending is replaced with y when it is conjugated for any of the following pronouns. l, ella, usted, ellos, ellas, and ustedes.Some of these verbs are construir (to build), caer (to fall), huir (to flee/to run away), incluir (to include), leer (to read), etc.See the following conjugation.Creer - to believe yo cre - I believed t creiste - you believed l/ella crey - he/she believed usted crey - you believed (formal) nosotros cremos - we believed ustedes creyeron - you believed (plural) ellos/ellas creyeron - they believed (masculine or feminine).Two exceptions are traer (to bring) and distraer (to distract).Considering that how to conjugate Spanish verbs with spelling changes in the past tense can be a very challenging area of Spanish for native English speakers studying Spanish there are several verb conjugation tools that I have recommended to my own private students..1.Learning Like Crazy's Verbarrator software for practicing how to conjugate over 500 verbs in every tense which is available at Amazon.Com and Barnes and Noble bookstores.2.Dorothy Richmond's Practice Make Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses which is also available at Amazon.Com and Barnes and Noble bookstores.3.McGraw Hill's Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs which is also available at Amazon.Com and Barnes and Noble bookstores.
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