Preterite of Dar and Hacer

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Realidades 1

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

You give

He

She gives

It

We give

They give

DAR (present tense)

Yo doy

Tú das

Él

Ella da

Ud.

Nos. damos

Vos. dais

Ellos

Ellas dan

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

Tú diste

Él

Ella dio

Ud.

Nos. dimos

Vos. disteis

Ellos

Ellas dieron

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

Tú hiciste

Ud.

Él hizo

Ella

Nosotros hicimos

Vosotros hicisteis

Uds.

Ellos hicieron

Ellas