Irregular Conjugation (memorize the irregular forms)
This verb belongs to a rare and important group having a completely irregular conjugation in the Present tense, which needs to be memorized.
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Irregular Stem (memorize the irregular stem)
This verb uses an irregular stem in Pretérito Perfecto Simple, which needs to be memorized. It influences the conjugation of the following tenses of the Subjuntivo mood:
Pretérito Imperfecto A
Pretérito Imperfecto B
Futuro
That’s because they are based on the third person plural form of this tense.
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Anomalous Ending (use irregular ending)
This verb belongs to the group which in the Pretérito Perfecto Simple tense uses an irregular stem, common to each grammatical person.
Normally this group also uses a specific set of endings. But there are three verbs (dar, ir, ser) which in the 1st & 2nd person singular have their own anomalies in the endings.
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Irregular Ending (drop the i)
The verbs ir and ser drop the i from the ending of the third person singular. It happens also in case of all irregular verbs in Pretérito Perfecto Simple, which stems end in j.
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Irregular Conjugation (memorize the irregular forms)
This verb is one of the three verbs having an irregular conjugation in Pretérito Imperfecto — it needs to be memorized.
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Difference in Spelling (add the accent)
Only the first person plural has an accent here.
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Two Notes for the Stem (add the accent, memorize the irregular forms)
Only the first person plural has an accent here.
This verb is one of the three verbs having an irregular conjugation in Pretérito Imperfecto — it needs to be memorized.
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Irregular Conjugation (learn this word by heart)
The second person singular (tú) is irregular. It needs to be memorized. Such exceptions are fairly rare and happen only to some important verbs (and usually their derivatives).
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Irregular Stem (memorize the stem)
This verb belongs to a small group of verbs which use an irregular stem in the following three tenses:
Imperativo (Afirmativo & Negativo)
Presente de Subjuntivo
It does never affect two persons in Imperativo Afirmativo:
tú – which usually doesn’t follow other persons’ irregularities and is either regular or has its own irregularity
vosotros/vosotras – which is always regular in this tense
These are verbs which have an irregular first person singular (yo) in the Present tense, not ending in -o.
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Difference in Spelling (add the accent)
Only the second person plural has an accent in the ending in this tense.
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Spelling Correction (add the accent)
The first person plural gets an accent. Without it the stress would move to the next vowel which wouldn’t match the pronunciation. That is because we stress the next to last syllable and only this person has two syllables in the ending, so only in this case the stress would move to the first syllable of the ending.
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Yes, we are planning to add pronunciation, ideally for each form separately, not just for the infinitive forms. We weren’t sure how useful it would be for people, so thanks for this suggestion and feedback!
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Yes, we are planning to add pronunciation, ideally for each form separately, not just for the infinitive forms. We weren’t sure how useful it would be for people, so thanks for this suggestion and feedback!
Dear Prof. Tom Tomatin and Team,
I would find it the most useful thing if each form had a pronunciation! While I’m trying to learn Spanish in general, each week I am reading some Spanish in church. Sometimes I get it right and others not.
I love your website!!
This is a great website. There are times when you run into glitches and this was one of them. Thanks for your help!
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Can you make verb lists to practice specific verbs. My son is 10 and does powerspeak spanish. I would love to be able to add in the specific verbs that he is studying and have him do exercises with them every day. Thanks
Hi Lauren – yes, we have the Verb Basket for exactly this purpose. Because the website is being redesigned now, the Basket is temporarily not visible, but it should be back tomorrow.
Verb Basket is available again. It’s located in the Practice/Exercise section at the bottom of configuration options.
What is the difference between pretirito pluscumperfecto A and B?
Hi Nick, good question. A and B are only variations of the same tense. Both are equal in meaning. Usage depends on location and context. For instance:
These tenses are sometimes presented together on one chart, like:
We chose to separate them for several reasons:
Tenses may be enabled and disabled in options: Select tenses to include in exercises and conjugation.
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An amazing website! I have used it all year to help me with my Spanish class and I see it even has the gerund form or words! You are amazing. Thank you!
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