What is the preterite stem for tener?

tuv
Here you have a list of irregular verbs and their stems in the preterite.

Irregular Verb Preterite Stem
tener tuv
hacer hic (exception: Él/Ella/Usted = hizo)
venir vin
querer quis

Is Tener imperfect or preterite?

Tener: Imperfect Tense Conjugation Chart | Spanish Verb Conjugations | Live Lingua.

What is the past tense of tener in Spanish?

Tener in the Indicative Preterite

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo tuve I had
Tú tuviste you had
Ella / Él / Usted tuvo s/he had, you (formal) had
Nosotras / Nosotros tuvimos we had

How do you change verbs to preterite?

In the preterite tense, there are no stems changed for AR and ER verbs. For IR verbs, the stem is changed only in the él/ella/usted form and the ellos/ellas/ustedes form. If we remember our common categories of stem changers we have o->ue, e->ie, and e->i. In the preterite, o->ue will only change from o->u.

What is the imperfect of tener?

Using the chart below you can learn how to conjugate the Spanish verb tener in Imperfect tense….Mode: Indicative.

Personal Pronoun Conjugation
Yo tenía
Tu tenías
El/Ella tenía
Nosotros teníamos

What tense is sea?

Subjunctive

Subject Present Imperfect
yo sea fuera
tú seas fueras
él/ella/Ud. sea fuera
nosotros seamos fuéramos

What tense is Fui?

Preterite Tense of Ir

yo fui nosotros/as fuimos
tú fuiste vosotros/as fuisteis
él/ella/Ud. fue ellos/ellas/Uds. fueron

What is the difference between preterite and imperfect tense?

The Spanish preterite (pretérito perfecto simple,or pretérito indefinido)

  • The Spanish present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
  • The Spanish imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)

    • What are preterite verbs used for?

    – Ser. To be. – Ir. To go. – Dar. To give. – Ver. To see. – Poder. To be able to. – Poner. To put/place. – Saber. To know. – Hacer. To do.

    What is preterite tense?

    Hacía sol/calor (It was sunny/hot)

  • Estaba frío/nublado,etc (It was cold/cloudy,etc)
  • Nevaba (It was snowing)
  • Llovía (it was raining)

    • What is the preterite form of the verb tener?

    tener is an -er verb (see more here)

  • specifically,tener is a verb ending in -ner (so a g will appear in certain forms)
  • tener is a stem shifting verb from e > ie