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Verbs in the Preterite Tense
Boots Sneakers What’s the noise about all the shoes??? Shoes Sandals K.Brown,
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Stem Changing Verbs You learned to call them BOOT verbs! Quiero
Queremos Quieres Queréis Quiere Quieren …Because the forms that have a change are in the shape of a boot.
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We have these “BOOT” verbs in the present tense only.
We wear boots in the present, the here and now!
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But in the past they didn’t wear boots.
They went barefoot!
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In the past preterite tense, “boot” verbs do not exist.
PENSAR = to plan PENSAR = to plan Pienso I plan Pensamos We plan Piensas You plan Pensáis You all plan Piensa He/she plans You (formal) plan Piensan They plan Pensé I planned Pensamos We planned Pensaste You planned Pensasteis You all planned Pensó He/she planned You (formal) planned Pensaron They planned
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As time went on, some people began to use primitive forms of shoes
As time went on, some people began to use primitive forms of shoes. Only a few that could afford them (“Hmmm, I can buy those”)! Sandals
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Hence you will find a few “sandal” verbs in the past preterite tense in verbs that end in -IR.
SERVIR = to serve SERVIR= to serve Sirvo I serve Servimos We serve Sirves You serve Servís You all serve Sirve He/she serves You (formal) serve Sirven They serve Serví I served Servimos We served Serviste You served Servisteis You all served Sirvió He/she served You (formal) served Sirvieron They served They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.
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Sigo Seguimos Sigues Seguís Sigue Siguen Seguí Seguimos Seguiste
SEGUIR = to follow SEGUIR= to follow Sigo I follow Seguimos We follow Sigues You follow Seguís You all follow Sigue He/she follows You (formal) follow Siguen They follow Seguí I followed Seguimos We followed Seguiste You followed Seguisteis You all followed Siguió He/she followed You (formal) followed Siguieron They followed They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.
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You (formal) preferred
PREFERIR= to prefer PREFERIR= to prefer Prefiero I prefer Preferimos We prefer Prefieres You prefer Preferís You all prefer Prefiere He/she prefers You (formal) prefer Prefieren They prefer Preferí I preferred Preferimos We preferred Preferiste You preferred Preferisteis You all preferred Prefirió He/she preferred You (formal) preferred Prefirieron They preferred They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.
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Compito Competimos Compites Competís Compite Compiten Competí
COMPETIR= to compete COMPETIR= to compete Compito I compete Competimos We compete Compites You compete Competís You all compete Compite He/she competes You (formal) compete Compiten They compete Competí I competed Competimos We competed Competiste You competed Competisteis You all competed Compitió He/she competed You (formal) competed Compitieron They competed They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.
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Me visto Nos vestimos Te vistes Os vestís Se viste Se visten Me vestí
VESTIRSE= to dress VESTIRSE= to dress Me visto I dress Nos vestimos We dress Te vistes You dress Os vestís You all dress Se viste He/she dresses You (formal) dress Se visten They dress Me vestí I dressed Nos vestimos We dressed Te vestiste You dressed Os vestisteis You all dressed Se vistió He/she dressed You (formal) dressed Se vistieron They dressed They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.
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Pido Pedimos Pides Pedís Pide Piden Pedí Pedimos Pediste Pedisteis
PEDIR= to order/ask for PEDIR= to order/ask for Pido I order Pedimos We order Pides You order Pedís You all order Pide He/she orders You (formal) orders Piden They order Pedí I ordered Pedimos We ordered Pediste You ordered Pedisteis You all ordered Pidió He/she ordered You (formal) ordered Pidieron They ordered They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.
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DORMIR (o u) duermo dormimos duermes dormís duerme duermen dormí
DORMIR= to sleep DORMIR= to sleep duermo I sleep dormimos We sleep duermes You sleep dormís You all sleep duerme He/she sleeps You (formal) sleep duermen They sleep dormí I slept dormimos We slept dormiste You slept dormisteis You all slept durmió He/she slept You (formal) slept durmieron They slept They are called “sandal” verbs because the forms that change are the shape of the bottom of a sandal.
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