Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search.

Verbos que cambian de significado en el pretérito

The following group of verbs changes meanings when used in the preterit tense. The true meaning is in the imperfect tense. Match the true meaning with the irregular meaning. The vosotros form has not been included. In 3rd person singular I only used él

AB
conocíI met
yo conocíaI knew or were familiar with
conocisteyou met
conocíasyou knew or were familiar with
conocióhe met
él conocíahe was familiar with
conocimoswe met
conocíamoswe knew or were familiar with
conocieronthey met
conocíanthey used to know or were familiar with
supeI found out
yo sabíaI knew facts
supisteyou (fam) found out
sabíasyou (fam)knew facts
supohe found out
él sabíahe knew facts
supimoswe found out
sabíamoswe knew
supieronthey found out
sabíanthey knew facts
sentíI regretted
yo sentíaI felt
sentisteyou (fam.) regretted
sentíasyou (fam.) felt
él sentíahe felt
sintióhe regretted
sentimoswe regretted
sentíamoswe felt
sintieronthey regretted
sentíanthey felt
tuveI suddenly had
yo teníaI used to have
tuvisteyou (fam) unexpectly had
teníasyou(fam.) used to have
tuvohe suddenly had
él teníahe used to have
teníamoswe used to have
tuvimoswe suddenly had
tuvieronthey suddenly had
teníanthey used to have
yo tenía queI had to
tuve queI was forced to
tenías queyou (fam) had to
tuviste queyou (fam) were forced to
tuvo quehe was forced to
él tenía quehe had to
tuvimos quewe were forced to
teníamos quewe had to
tenían quethey had to
tuvieron quethey were forced to
yo queríaI wanted to
quiseI tried to
queríasyou (fam) wanted to
quisisteyou (fam.) tried to
quizohe tried to
él queríahe wanted to
quisimoswe tried to
queríamoswe wanted to
queríanthey wanted to
quisieronthey tried to
yo no queríaI didn´t want to
no quiseI refused
no quisisteyou (fam) refused to
no quisohe refused to
no queríahe didn't want to
no quisimoswe refused to
no queríamoswe didn`t want to
no quisieronthey refused to
no queríanthey didn`t want to
pudeI succeeded or managed to
podíaI could or was able to
pudisteyou (fam) succeeded or managed to
podíasyou (fam) were able to
pudohe succeeded or managed to
él podíahe could
podíamoswe could
pudimoswe succeeded or managed to
pudieronthey succeeded or managed to
podíanthey could
no pudeI failed
no podíaI couldn't
no pudisteyou (fam) failed
no podíasyou(fam) couldn't
él no pudohe failed
él no podíahe couldn't
no pudimoswe failed
no podíamoswe couldn't
no pudieronthey failed
no podíanthey couldn't


Truman College
Chicago, IL

This activity was created by a Quia Web subscriber.
Learn more about Quia
Create your own activities