Preterite - Irregular Spanish Verbs

i-stem verbs

One group of irregular preterite verbs have an (i) as part of the stem of the verb. The verbs hacer (to do, to make) and venir (to come) belong to this group. The tables below shows how to form hacer and venir in the preterite tense. Other verbs follow the same pattern: querer (to want, to love) changes to (quis).

venir (full conjugation)


			
				 
				venir
                                
			
			
				yo
				vine
                                (I fell)
			
			
				tú
				viniste
                                (you fell)
			
			
				Ud./él/ella
				vino
                                (you/he/she fell)
			
			
				nosotros
				vinimos
                                (we fell)
			
			
				vosotros
				vinisteis
                                (you guys fell)
			
			
				Uds./ellos/ ellas
				vinieron
                                (you all/they fell)

hacer (full conjugation)


			
				yo
				hice
				(I did/made)
			
			
				tú
				hiciste
				(you did/made)
			
			
				Ud./él/ella
				hizo
				(he/she/you did/made)
			
			
				nosotros
				hicimos
				(we did/made)
			
			
				vosotros
				hicisteis
				(you guys did/made)
			
			
				Uds./ellos/ ellas
				hicieron
				(you all/they did/made)