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Spelling changes in the preterite
-car, -gar, -zar verbs
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¿Cómo se dice…?
…the él/ella form of “buscar” in the preterite?
…the yo form of “buscar” in the preterite?
How do you pronounce this word?
buscéIt’s a “soft” c. To make a “hard” c you must add qu.
busqué
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¿Cómo se dice…?
…the él/ella form of “pagar” in the preterite?
…the yo form of “pagar” in the preterite?
How do you pronounce this word?
pagéIt’s a “soft” g. To make a “hard” g you must add a u.
pagué
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¿Cómo se dice…?
…the él/ella form of “almorzar” in the preterite?
…the yo form of “almorzar” in the preterite?
How do you pronounce this word?
almorzéSpanish doesn’t allow “ze” or “zi”, so it changes to…
almorcé
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Bringin’ it todo junto
-car verbs (cqu)practicarpractiqué practicamospracticaste
practicasteispracticó practicaronpracticó practicaron
-zar verbs (zc)comenzarcomencé comenzamoscomenzaste comenzasteiscomenzó comenzaroncomenzó comenzaron
-gar verbs (ggu)jugarjugué jugamosjugaste jugasteisjugó jugaronjugó jugaron
Why does this Why does this happen?happen?
It’s all because of the “-e”. It’s a spelling change; not a pronunciation change!
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Think about English
Some words change spelling when in the past tense You panic. (present) You panicked. (past) I stop. (present) I stopped. (past)
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¡A trabajar!
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