Irregular Preterit Tenses Made Easy
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Audio clips of Songs Created by Spanish III
Hacer: to do/to make
(Tune of Jingle Bells)
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo hice
Tú tú tú tú tú tú tú tú tú tú hiciste
Hey!
Usted, él, ella hizo
Nosotros hicimos
Ustedes, ellos, ellas hicieron
Hey!
(Repeat)
Querer: to want (in past tense tried, refused)
(Tune of Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
Yooooooo quise
Túúú quisiste
Usted, él, ella quiso
Nosotros quisimos
Y ustedes, ellos, y ellas quisieron
And that’s Que-rer the verb that means to want, Ole!
Traer:to bring
(Tune of Hi-Ho)
Traer to bring
Traje, trajiste, trajo
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Trajimos, trajeron
Venir:to come
(Tune of the Wheels on the Bus)
The yo for venir is vine, vine, vine
The tú for venir is viniste
With usted, él, ella, as vino
Nosotros vinimos, vinimos, vinimos
Finalmente ellos,
Is vinieron
Estar: to be
(Tune of Twinkle Twinkle)
Estuve
Estuviste
Usted. Él, Ella estuvo
Nosotros estuvimos
Ellos, Ellas Estuvieron
Estar is our verb to be
Understanding for you and me
Andar: to wander/ walk around
(Tune of You are my Sunshine)
Yo anduve
Tú anduviste
Él, ella anduvo
We all anduvimos
An’ they anduvieron
Tener:to have
(Tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Tuve
Tuviste
Usted, él, ella tuvo
Nosotros es tuvimos
El resto es tuvieron
Poder: to be able to (in the past tense= tried)
(Tune of Hot Cross Buns)
Yo yo pude
Tú tú pudiste
Él, ella, usted
Él, ella, usted
Pudo, pudo pudo
No-so-tros
Pu-di-mos
Ustedes, ellos, ellas
Pu-di-eron
Poner:to put
(Tune of Little Bunny Foo Foo)
Yo yo puse
Tú tú tú pusiste
Usted, él, ella puso
And boppin’ them on the head
And along came the fairy and she said
Nosotros pusimos
Ustedes, ellos, ellas
Use pusieron
And boppin’ them on the head.
