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pedir (meaning)

to ask for or order (because it means to ask for the preposition is not expressed separately)

preguntar (meaning)

to ask

aprovechar

to take advantage of

buscar

to look for

conseguir

to succeed in

eschuchar

to listen to

esperar

to wait for

mirar

to look at

pagar

to pay for

preguntar por

to; ask about someone or something

hacer una pregunta

to ask a question

conjugation of the imperfect tense -ar verbs

add:




-aba


-abas


-aba


-ábamos


-abais


-aban




to verb STEM




verbs that are radical changing in the present show no radical change in the imperfect

conjugation of the imperfect tense -er and -ir verbs (the same)

add:



-ía


-ías


-ía


-íamos


-íais


-ían




to the verb STEM




verbs that are radical changing in the present show no radical change in the imperfect










the three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense

ir, ser, ver

ir conjugation in the imperfect tense

iba


ibas


iba


íbamos


ibais


iban

ir (meaning)

to leave, to go

ser (meaning)

to be

ser conjugation in the imperfect past tense

era


eras


era


éramos


erais


eran

ver (meaning)

to see

ver conjugation in the imperfect past tense

veía


veías


veías


veía


veíamos


veíamos


veíais


veían

conjugation of the preterit tense for -ar verbs

add:






-aste



-amos


-asteis


-aron




to the verb STEM



conjugation of the preterit tense for -er and -ir verbs

add:





-iste


-ió


-imos


-isteis


-ieron




to the verb STEM

-ar and -er verbs that are radical changing in the present ...

show no radical change in the preterit

infinitives ending in -gar become ...

-ue

infinitives ending in -car become ...

-qué

infinitives ending in -zar become ...

-cé

verbs ending in:


-aer


-eer


-oir


change ...

change the i of the ending into a y in the third person singular and the third person plural. The other persons are regular.

irregular preterit stem of andar

(to walk, to take)


anduv-

irregular preterit stem of estar

(to be)


estuv-

irregular preterit stem of hacer

(to do, to make, to make for oneself)


hic-, hiz-

irregular preterit stem of poder

(to be able to)


pud-

irregular preterit stem of poner

(to put, to get)


pus-

irregular preterit stem of querer

(to want, to love)


quis-

irregular preterit stem of saber

(to know)


sup-

irregular preterit stem of tener

(to have, to be, to stand up)


tuv-

irregular preterit stem of venir

(to come, to arrive)


vin-

preterit endings for irregular stem verbs

-e


-iste


-o


-imos


-isteis


-ieron

decir, producir, traducir, conducir, traer



have the same irregular endings and in addition, their preterit stems end in j


(to say, to tell)


(to produce, to take place)