verbos irregulares, que, aunque la hacen mas agradable y armoniosa por la variedad que permiten, tambien la hacen mas difícil, por lo que se apartan de los comunes en la conjugacion;* they were perfectly convinced of it. If, therefore, as we anxiously anticipate, our labours and researches in collecting and arranging the irregular verbs of the Spanish language, in the manner we have done, tend to render this part of grammar easy and intelligible, we shall consider all our toils fully successful and amply repaid. * Our language abounds in irregular verbs, which, by their variety, render it more agreeable and harmonious. But the great difference existing between them and the regular verbs, renders its acquisition much more difficult. This verb changes the radical o into ue, in the three persons singular, and third plural, of the Present Indicative, Imperative and Subjunctive, as it will be seen in the following conjugation: Singular. Plural. *The equivalent of each person in English, having been already placed throughout the preceding conjugations, we thought it would be sufficient to give, in the irregular verbs, the meaning of the infinitive, gerund, and participle only. This verb takes the letter i before the radical e, in all the singular, and the third person plural of the three presents. This verb is irregular in all the persons of the preterite, in all those of the first and third imperfects of the subjunctive, and in all those of the future of the same mood. In general, all the verbs that are irregular in the third person singular of the preterite, are also irregular in the tenses found irregular in the following conjugation. |