CSG056

The Preterit Tense

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• Yerbs with i in the stem:

hacer (to do)    hic-

querer (to want)    quis-

venir (to come)    vin-

hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron

Notę that, because of a spelling change, the third-person form of hacer is łiizo.

• Yerbs that have j in the stem:

atraer (to attract) decir (to say) producir (to produce)

traer (to bńng) traducir (to translate)

atraj- atraje, atrajiste, atrajo, atrajimos, atrajisteis, atrajeron dij-    dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeron

produj- produje, produjiste, produjo, produjimos, produjisteis, produjeron

traj-    traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron

traduj- traduje, tradujiste, tradujo, tradujimos, tradujisteis, tradujeron

Notę that the third-person plural ending of this last group of verbs is -eron.

ejercicio

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Mas practica. Usa el preterito. 1. I did not tell a lie. _

2.    She brought a cake. _

3.    They translated the exercises.

4.    We did the work. _

5.    You (tu) came late. _

6.    Tim did the homework.

7. Did they come?

Many compound verbs are formed with a prefix plus an irregular verb. These compounds follow the conjugation patterns of the basie verbs. Here are some examples:

Compounds of poner    Compounds of hacer and venir

componer	to repair; to compose	deshacer	to undo
disponer	to arrange; to dispose	rehacer	to make over; to rebuild
suponer	to assume	convenir	to agree
Compounds of decir, producir, and traer

desdecir

predecir

reproducir

atraer

distraer

to disagree to predict to reproduce to attract to distract