Preterite of HACER QUERER and VENIR

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Preterite of HACER QUERER and VENIR

• The verbs hacer, querer and venir have irregular
  conjugations in the Preterite tense. They all
  have a stem change where they have an i in the
  stem. They also all have the same endings.
• HACER to make / to do
• yo hice nosotros hicimos
• tú hiciste vosotros hicisteis
• él/ella/Ud hizo ellos/Uds hicieron
• Notice that in the he/she form, the c changes
  to z for pronunciation purposes! Also note
  that with a complete stem change there are no
  accents !

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• VENIR come
• yo vine nosotros vinimos
• tú viniste vosotros vinisteis
• él/ella/ud vino ellos/uds vinieron

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• QUERER to try / to refuse
• yo quise nosotros quisimos
• tú quisiste vosotros quisisteis
• él/ella/ud quiso ellos/uds quisieron

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• The verb querer has different meanings in the
  Preterite tense. In the Present tense it means
  to want/wish. In the Preterite tense it means
  to try in an affirmative sentence and means to
  refuse in a negative sentence.
• Quise ayudar. I tried to help.
• No quise ayudar. I refused to help.