Preterite - Irregular Spanish 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 (example sentences) (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 (example sentences) (full conjugation)

			

				
yo
				
hice
				
(I did)
				
(I made)
			
			

				
tú
				
hiciste
				
(you did)
				
(you made)
			
			

				
Ud./él/ella
				
hizo
				
(he did)
				
(he made) 
			
			

				
nosotros
				
hicimos
				
(we did)
				
(we made)
			
			

				
vosotros
				
hicisteis
				
(you guys did)
				
(you guys made)
			
			

				
Uds./ellos/ ellas
				
hicieron
				
(they did)
				
(they made)
			

Note:
m = male f = female mix = mixed group
yo = I, tú = you (informal)
usted (Ud.) = you (formal)
él = he, ella = she
nosotros = we (m/mix), nosotras = we (f)
vosotros = you guys (informal, m/mix)
vosotras = you guys (informal, f)
ellos = they (m/mix), ellas = they (f)
ustedes (Uds.) = you all (formal)