Preterite has 3 syllables.
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| 1. | I like to separate all irregular preterite Spanish conjugations into three categories: the "Third-Person" preterite change, which only affects the third person conjugations and maybe a few other spelling changes, the "All-Person" preterite change, which affects all forms AND removes the accent on the 'yo' and 'él/ella/ud.' forms, and the "Plain Irregular" preterite change, which only consists of 'ser,' 'ir,' and 'dar.' | |
| 2. | An "experience" is a nightmare in preterite tense. | |
| 3. | Sometimes Tom uses the preterite incorrectly. | |
| 4. | Sometimes Tom uses the preterite (past) incorrectly. | |
| 5. | "All-Person" preterite changes always end in the exact same thing: -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, and -ieron, except for verbs like 'decir,' 'traer,' and most verbs ending in -ducir, where the ellos/ellas/Uds. form is '-eron' instead of '-ieron.' | |
| 6. | There are many types of "All-Person" preterite changes, such as the 'uv' change, like in 'tuve,' 'estuve,' and 'anduve,' the 'u' change, such as 'hube,' 'pude,' 'cupe,' 'supe,' and 'puse,' the 'i' change, like in 'hice,' 'vine,' and 'quise,' or the 'j' change, like in 'dije,' 'traje,' and 'conduje.' Just remember, when all the forms change like in these examples, you never put an accent at the end. | |
| 7. | Have you noticed how 'haber,' 'saber,' and 'caber' irregularly change in very similar ways? The 'yo' present form of the three are 'he,' 'sé,' and 'que...po,' the preterite forms of them are 'hube,' 'supe,' and 'cupe,' the future forms are 'habré,' 'sabré,' and 'cabré,' and the subjunctive present forms are 'haya,' 'sepa,' and 'quepa.' Okay, 'saber' and 'caber' might be more similar to each other than they are to 'haber.' |