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Page 30: El pretérito de los verbos irregulares C
The sentence reads:
*”You _____ play sports, right?”
“Yes, ____ play baseball and hockey.”*
The subject of the second sentence is *nosotros* (we). Therefore we will us the first-person plural form of *poder*, which is “pudimos”.
Note that the verb *poder* (can) is irregular because it has a different stem (pud-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.
The sentence reads:
*”You ____ have to clean your rooms, right?”
“Yes, ___ to clean them.”*
The subject of the second sentence is *nosotros* (we). Therefore we will use the first-person plural form of *tener*, which is “tuvimos”.
Note that the verb *tener* (have) is irregular because it has a different stem (tuv-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.
The sentence reads:
*”You ___ watched the student play, right?”
“Yes, ____ to see it.”*
The subject of the second sentence is *nosotros* (we). Therefore we will use the first-person plural form of *venir*, which is “vinimos”.
Note that the verb *venir* (come) is irregular because it has a different stem (vin-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.
The sentence reads:
*”You ____ what happened to Jorge yesterday, right?”
“Yes, ____.”*
The subject of the second sentence is *nosotros* (we). Therefore we will use the first-person plural form of *saber*, which is “supimos”.
Note that the verb *saber* (to know) is irregular because it has a different stem (sup-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.
The sentence reads:
*”You _____ everything you did, right?”
“Yes, ____you everything.”*
The subject of the second sentence is *nosotros* (we). Therefore we will use the first-person plural form of *decir*, which is “dijimos”.
Note that the verb *decir* (tell) is irregular because it has a different stem (dij-). The irregular verbs in the preterite that have a different stem don’t have accent marks in their forms.