Irregulars: -CAR, GAR, -ZAR
☆ Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar have irregular Yo forms in the preterit. All other
forms are regular.
*****Just because a verb stem changed in the present does not mean it will stem change in the preterit.
-CAR → qué
-CAR: Practicar-
Tocar-
Buscar
Sacar.
(practicar) Yo
(tocar) Yo
-GAR →gué
-GAR: Jugar-
Llegar-
Pagar
(Jugar) Yo
*Jugar does NOT have a stem change in the preterit as it does in the present.
**Remember jugo is juice, jugó is he/she played
(llegar) Yo
(pagar) Yo
2 → cé
-ZAR: Almorzar-
Comenzar.
Empezar-
(Almorzar) Yo
(comenzar) Yo
fempezar Yo