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Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r) - Hillcrest Elementary

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Thus,<br />

infinitive past participle<br />

-ar verbs cantar can•ta•do<br />

dar dado<br />

hablar hablado<br />

-er verbs comer co•mi•do<br />

beber bebido<br />

morder mordido<br />

-ir verbs subir su•bi•do<br />

cumplir cumplido<br />

vivir vivido<br />

Under certain circumstances, a written accent is added to the vowel of the past<br />

participle ending:<br />

Rule. If an -er or -ir verb has a stem ending in -a, -e, or -o, then the ending<br />

of the past participle has a written accent (-ído rather than -ido). For<br />

all other cases in which the stem ends in a vowel, no change is made.<br />

Examples:<br />

caer caído<br />

leer leído<br />

roer roído<br />

oír oído<br />

compared to<br />

PRESENT, SIMPLE PAST, IMPERFECT, PARTICIPLES 17<br />

crear creado not *creádo<br />

loar loado not *loádo<br />

evaluar evaluado not *evaluádo<br />

criar criado not *criádo<br />

construir construido not *construído<br />

This rule reflects a particularity of the <strong>Spanish</strong> orthographic system, which distinguishes<br />

between “strong” and “weak” vowels (Chapter 7).<br />

Of the 14 irregular past participles, eleven are found among the “basically regular”<br />

verbs, three among the fundamentally irregular ones (italicized).

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