Step One: the verbs that are weird all the way through ( Ser, Ir, Hacer, and Dar)
Step Two: the verbs that are only weird in the yo form ( verbs ending in car,gar or zar) and verbs that end in a vowel after you chop of the verb ending as in Leer and Traer. Most of these guys are weird in the usted(es) form except for Traer which is weird through and through.
Step Three: The IR verbs that get weird only in the usted(es) form (Depedir, Vestire, Pedir etc.)
Step Four: The 7 stem-changers
For step one, picture the twins (Ser/Ir), the flip-flopper (Dar), and Hacer going on a vaction....
Ser/Ir:fui,fuiste,fue,fuimos,fueron Dar: di,diste,dio,dimos,dieron Hacer: hice,hiciste,hizo,hicimos,hiceron |
For step two, They catch a ride in a car with a zcar, who is saying, "Garrr." and asking for someone to bring him something to read.
Buscar: busqué (yo form) Pagar: pagué (yo form) Almorzar: almorcé ( yo form) Leer: leyó/leyeron (usted and ustedes form) Traer: traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajeron |
Step Three, they all end up in a hotel called IR because this only involves verbs with IR endings. All the verbs in this category can be done in a hotel.
With this group, either an e becomes an i or u changes to an o. Pedir: pidió/pidieron (usted and ustedes form) Dormir: durmió/durmieron (usted and ustedes form) |
Finally, and for no reason, they climb seven stairs to find the stem-changing verbs and one of the weirdos says, "Seven poo poos is cutie." Which sounds kind of random until you realize that it is a mnemonic for saber, venir, poder, poner, estar, querer and tener...the seven stem-changing Spanish preterit verbs.
Stem-changes for this group of freaks Saber: sup Venir: vin Poder: pud Poner: pus Estar: estuv Querer: quis Tener: tuv |
Awesome! Made me laugh. I always wanted to hang up a sign of a czar in a car fighting with a pirate who jumps overboard with a knife between his teeth growling gar
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