what are irregular verbs

Question

explain irregular verbs and why they are important

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Answer 1

Irregular verbs are verbs that don´t follow normal patterns of conjugation. In Spanish the majority are stem changing verbs

Answer 2

what does ( preterite) refer to ?

Answer 3

Welcome to the forum!

Julie, Bella is correct in her answer. This site has a helpful video introducing regular verb conjugation. It would probably be easier if you understand regular verb conjugations before considering irregular verbs.

The link below takes you to an introductory video on regular verb conjugation. It describes stems and regular verb endings.

Irregular verbs, as Bella has said, are those verbs that do not follow the regular conjugation scheme shown in the video. Unfortunately, many of the verbs used commonly in conversation are irregular.

Here's the link. The video takes about 10 minutes to watch.

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Hope that helps!