A verb which does not follow these patterns exactly is called an irregular verb. Irregular VerbsĪ verb is called a regular verb when its conjugation follows a typical pattern. The imperfect tense is rarely irregular and can be easily conjugated from this form, which is the yo, and él/ella conjugation. The imperfect root of Comprar is compraba. The present perfect tense is formed by combining the auxiliary verb haber with the participio. Comprar appears on the 100 Most Used Spanish Preterite Tense Verbs Poster as the 11st most used regular ar verb.įor the present tense conjugation, go to Comprar Conjugation - Present Tense. Comprar is conjugated as a regular ar verb in the preterite tense. Table 5, which shows the English past tense form of wrote, is a good example of regular – ir verb forms in the preterite tense.Comprar is a Spanish verb meaning to buy. The verb escribir (to write) is a regular – ir verb in the preterite. Table 4, which shows the English past tense form of ate, is a good example of regular – er verb forms in the preterite tense. The verb comer (to eat) is a regular – er verb in the preterite. The nosotros/nosotras form in the present tense is the only form where – er and – ir verbs are different. Notice that the nosotros/nosotras form of an – ir verb looks identical in both the present and preterite tenses, but an – er verb has a different nosotros form in the preterite. Table 3 shows that the endings for – er verbs and – ir verbs are the same for regular verbs in the preterite tense. Since the preterite is a past tense, these forms translate to the English past tense form “spoke.” Table 2 is a conjugation chart for the verb hablar in the preterite tense. Hablar (to speak) is a regular verb in the preterite, so it will serve as a good example. The following table shows the imperfect tense of one regular -ar verb: hablar (meaning to speak ). If you see one of these words in the sentence, you will know the verb is conjugated in the preterite tense. To form the imperfect of any regular -ar verb, you take off the -ar ending of the infinitive to form the stem and add the endings: -aba, -abas, -aba, -bamos, -abais, -aban. The only way you will know whether an – ar verb in the nosotros form is in the preterite or present tense is the context of the sentence. Regular – ar verbs have the same nosotros form in the preterite as they do in the present tense. The tú form is also different in the preterite tense: it never ends in –s like it does in the present tense.
Remember to pronounce these words with the stress on the last syllable. The yo form of all regular preterite verbs always has an accent mark as well. Take note of the accent mark on the preterite forms because that is the only difference. The endings are a little confusing because the él, ella, and usted forms end in – ó in the preterite tense, but the yo form ends in – o (no accent) in the present tense. (Not all verbs that were regular in the present tense are regular in the preterite.) For an – ar verb that is regular in the preterite, use the endings from Table 1.
To conjugate a regular verb in the preterite tense, remove the infinitive ending and add the appropriate endings.
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