Preterite of

Dar and Hacer

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DAR
The verb DAR means
“to give.”
It is only irregular in the “yo”
form. Other than that, it has
regular -AR verb endings.
 TO GIVE (Present Tense)
I give We give

You give
He
She gives They give
It
 DAR (present tense)
Yo doy Nos. damos

Tú das Vos. dais

Él Ellos
Ellada Ellas dan
Ud. Uds.
DAR
Because we often say to
whom we give something,
dar is usually used with the
indirect object pronouns me,
te, le, nos, and les.
DAR
Nuestro profesor nos da
mucha tarea.
Nunca les doy nada a mis
primos.
DAR
Mis abuelos van a darme un
libro para mi cumpleaños.
DAR (past tense)
The preterite stem for dar is
di-. The same stem is used for
all the preterite forms.
Dar is irregular in the preterite
and has no accent marks.
 DAR (preterite tense)
Yo di Nos. dimos

Tú diste Vos. disteis

Él Ellos
Elladio Ellas dieron
Ud. Uds.
HACER
The verb hacer means “to do” or
“to make”
In the present tense it’s forms are:

hago, haces, hace, hacemos,

hacéis, and hacen.
HACER
The preterite stem of
HACER is hic-.
In the Ud./él/ella form, the
-c- changes to a -z- so that it
keeps the “s” sound: hizo.
 HACER (preterite)
Yo hice Nosotros hicimos

Tú hiciste Vosotros hicisteis

Ud. Uds.
Él hizo Ellos hicieron
Ella Ellas