me no gusta el verbos irregular y preterit
I have more trouble conjugating preterite verbs than anything else thus far.
Ay, mi Dios! Ayuda, por favor, eh?
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Conjugated verbs form a pattern, even the irregular ones. I learned the sound of the past and future tenses. For example, in the preterite, 2nd person singular conjugation : hablaste comiste tomaste bebiste amaneciste compraste All share one of two common sounds, aste and iste. Even irregular verbs, like ir for example, share the 'common' ending as above: fuiste
In the 1st person singular, using the same examples as above, you have hablé comí tomé bebí amanecí compré and even the highly irregular ir uses one of these common sounds e and i, so you have fui.
All the tenses will have their common sounds, and if you learn these sounds instead of doing mind-numbing rote memorization you will go a lot faster, in my opinion. For example, in the indicative imperfect past, you will always hear aba or ia. These sounds are 'modified' depending on whether you're talking about 1st, 2nd or third person obviously. Using the verb ir for example, you hear iba, ibas, iba, ibamos, ibais, iban
I can rapidly use any verb that I know without even thinking about the conjugation because I know what sound the verb needs to have. If I'm talking to a person, making statements and/or asking questions about something in the past, I'm going to be using these sounds with every past tense verb. I do hope that this 'learning concept' helps you.
You weren't very specific, so I'm not sure exactly what sort of help you are requesting, but if you are simply looking for rote memorization, here is a site that is very efficient in drilling these verb endings: Spaleon
Aside from that, I would just suggest that you read as much as possible, especially works of fiction which tend to make extensive use of these two tenses. If you're vocabulary is not that strong, I would suggest that you start with children's books and keep a good dictionary handy (aside from learning structural aspects of the language such as verb tenses, this is also a great way to improve your vocabulary).
Also, don't forget the power that audio stimulus has in language learning. Repeatedly, watching video clips with rich visual context can do wonders for your ability to recognize various syntactic structures. Attempting to transcribe what you are reading and listening to can also be beneficial.
However you choose to study, best of luck, and Welcome to the Forum!
All I can tell you is that you need to write more in Spanish instead of just trying to conjugate the verbs. Understand what is being said first, and things will start fitting nicely.
