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past participle?

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my teacher told me that if we have to write a verb in past participle , we have to change the endings accordingly... fro ex- jugar-jugado(since ar changes to ado) comer-comido(since er changes to ido) but there are some verbs which do not change according to the above rule. for ex- ver, escribir, volver,cormir, haces, traer. in such cases, how do i identify the changes? how to change such verbs in past participle?

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updated Feb 10, 2012
posted by sid99

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They must be learned through usage, even though, there is some order among the irregular past participles (e.g. all verbs with prefixes added to poner wiill have a similar past participles: suponer...supuesto, poner...puesto...componer...compuesto, etc.).

If you wish to know how the past participle is formed just enter the verb into the conjugation feature and it will display the 3 impersonal (non-finite) forms of the verbs. Be careful, Spanish has a few verbs that have 2 forms of the past participle.

Here is a list of the common irregular past participles, including some verbs that have two forms of the pp.

traer (from your list)...traído is not irregular

updated Feb 11, 2012
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507