GRAMMATICAL INTRODUCTION
Examples of types II and III are sentir "feel", dormir "sleep", pedir "ask":
| Present | 1. | sg | siento | duermo | pido |
| 2. | sg | sientes | duermes | pides | |
| 3. | sg | siente | duerme | pide | |
| 3. | pl | sienten | duermen | piden | |
| Present Subjunctive | 1. | sg | sienta | duerma | pida |
| 2. | sg | sientas | duermas | pidas | |
| 3. | sg | sienta | duerma | pida | |
| 1. | pl | sintamos | durmamos | pidamos | |
| 2. | pl | sintáis | durmáis | pidáis | |
| 3. | pl | sientan | duerman | pidan | |
| Imperative | 2. | sg | siente | duerme | pide |
| Preterite | 3. | sg | sintió | durmió | pidió |
| 3. | pl | sintieron | durmieron | pidieron | |
| Past Subjunctive | 1, 3. | sg | sintiese | durmiese | pidiese |
| 1, 3. | sg | sintiera | durmiera | pidiera | |
| Present Participle | sintiendo | durmiendo | pidiendo | ||
2.Roots ending in -y lose this y wherever it would come before stressed i, and unstressed i of an ending is lost after this y. Thus, from the root distribuy- (III) "distribute" we have: infinitive distribuir; present 1. pl distribuimos, 2. pl distribuís; imperfect distribuía, etc; imperative 2. pl ''distribuid; future distribuiré, etc; conditional distribuiría, etc; preterite 1. sg distribuí, 2. sg distribuíste, 3. sg distribuyó, 1. pl distribuimos, 2. pl distribuísteis, 3. pl distribuyeron; past participle distribuido; present participle distribuyendo. All verbs with infinitive in -uir are of this type.
3.Certain verbs, which we shall term the -zc- verbs, substitute -zc- for -c- wherever -o or -a follows. Thus conocer (II) "know" has:
| Present Indicative | 1. | sg | conozco | |||
| Present Subjunctive | 1. | sg | conozca | 1. | pl | conozcamos |
| 2. | sg | conozcas | 2. | pl | conozcáis | |
| 3. | sg | conozca | 3. | pl | conozcan | |
4.Other irregular verbs, which do not fall into regular sub-patterns, are the following, here listed with indication of the class of verb to which they belong and with the individual forms which are irregular:
- abrir III "open":past part, abierto.
- andar I "walk":preterite anduve etc; past subj. anduviese, anduviera.
- atenerse II "depend":like tener.
- atraer II "attract":like traer.
- avenirse III "agree":like venir.
- bendecir III "bless":like decir, but past part. bendito.
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