irregular verbs in spanish
What makes a Spanish verb such as "Dar" or "Ir" irregular?
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Nice answers...
Now, try this from the opposite angle.
A regular verb like comer: there three terminations ar-er-ir for all the verbs but regular verbs for the termination er look like this (comer)
yo com-o tú com-es él/ella com-e nosotros com-emos Ustedes com-en Ellos com-en
termination ar (comprar)
yo compr-o tú compr-as él/ella compr-a nosotros compr-amos ustedes compr-an ellos compr-an
termination ir (vivir)
yo viv-o tú viv-es él/ella viv-e nosotros viv-imos ustedes viv-en ellos viv-en
compare these to the ones that are irregular.
well the words dar and ír,when you conjergate them they have a different spelling then what they suppose to look like for example ír: voy vamos vas va van
and dar would be: doy damos das da dan
...or pattern common to the "regular" verbs.
If you are asking why irregular verbs exist at all, it is because no one sat down and planned the Spanish language. It evolved from previous languages. Those verbs were probably irregular in their root language or because the verb comes from a different root language than the regular verbs.
Maybe this will help you. I think it is a pretty good explanation of explanation of Spanish irregular verbs. Some irregular verbs are only irregular in one form or tense, some are what I like to call 'highly irregular' and are irregular in many forms. Here's a link to the explanation. Tips For Learning Irregular Verbs
The fact that its forms do not correspond to any simple rules.
