Preterite of -car, -gar, and -zar Verbs; More Verbs with Irregular

Preterite Stems

Unidad 4 Lección 2

Preterite of -car, -gar, -zar Verbs Verbs that end in –car, -gar, and –zar are

spelled differently in the preterite yo form to maintain their pronunciation:

buscar c qu busqué pagar g gu pagué empezar z c empecé

More Verbs with Irregular Preterite Stems

venir—to comevine vinimosviniste vinisteisvino vinieron

*same endings as estar, poder, poner, saber, and tener from U3L2

querer—to want*quise quisimosquisiste quisisteisquiso quisieron

*Usually means tried in preterite.

decir—to say, to telldije dijimosdijiste dijisteisdijo dijeron*

*Note: the i is dropped from the ending

traer—to bringtraje trajimostrajiste trajisteistrajo trajeron*

*Note: the i is dropped from the ending