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  2. Spanish irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    The verbs ser (to be) and ir (to go) both exhibit irregularities in the present, imperfect and preterite forms (note that these two verbs have the same preterite fui). Together with ver (to see) and prever (to foresee), they are the only four verbs with irregular imperfect indicative.

  3. Spanish verbs - Wikipedia

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    This also bears resemblance to the Slavic perfective past, as these actions are usually viewed as done in one stroke. The corresponding preterite forms would be Yo jugué ("I played"), Yo leí ("I read") or Yo escribí ("I wrote"). As stated above, deciding whether to use the preterite or the imperfect can present some difficulty for English ...

  4. Preterite - Wikipedia

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    The preterite or preterit (/ ˈ p r ɛ t ər ɪ t / PRET-ər-it; abbreviated PRET or PRT) is a grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past; in some languages, such as Spanish, French, and English, it is equivalent to the simple past tense.

  5. Spanish conjugation - Wikipedia

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    Preterite (Pretérito perfecto simple or Pretérito indefinido) amé: amaste [3] amastes / amaste [4] amó: amamos: amasteis: amaron: Future (Futuro simple or Futuro) amaré: amarás: amará: amaremos: amaréis: amarán: Conditional (Condicional simple or Pospretérito) amaría: amarías: amaría: amaríamos: amaríais: amarían: Subjunctive ...

  6. Spanish grammar - Wikipedia

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    Se debe hacer así = "It must be done this way" In casual speech, the complex cleaving pronoun is often reduced to que, just as it is reduced to "that" in English. Es para nosotros que se hizo esto; Es por eso que lo hice; Fue a mí que le dio permiso (preferred: a quien) Es así que se debe hacer (preferred: como)

  7. Subjunctive mood in Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Regarding tense agreement, if the main clause uses the imperfect, preterite, or past perfect indicative, either the imperfect or past perfect subjunctive is used. However, if the event of the subordinate clause is timelessly true, the present subjunctive is optional: " Dios decretó que las serpientes no tengan patas " ("God decreed that snakes ...

  8. List of English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    The preterite and past participle forms of irregular verbs follow certain patterns. These include ending in -t (e.g. build, bend, send), stem changes (whether it is a vowel, such as in sit, win or hold, or a consonant, such as in teach and seek, that changes), or adding the [n] suffix to the past participle form (e.g. drive, show, rise ...

  9. Regular and irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    With the exception of the highly irregular verb be, an English verb can have up to five forms: its plain form (or bare infinitive), a third person singular present tense, a past tense (or preterite), a past participle, and the -ing form that serves as both a present participle and gerund.