Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (87 page)

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Authors: Margarita Madrigal

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PAGAR,
to pay

PAGUÉ,
I paid

PAGÓ,
you, he, she paid

Notice that “pagué” ends in “gué” instead of just “gé.” Verbs that end in “gar” in the infinitive end in “gué” in the first person past, in order to retain the hard sound of the “g.” The hard “g” is sometimes indicated in the same way in English. The “g” in “gentle” is soft, and in order to make it hard you spell it “gue” as in “guest.” The “gue” in Spanish is pronounced as the “gue” in “guest.”

INFINITIVE
FIRST PERSON PAST
THIRD PERSON PAST
investigar,
to investigate
investigué,
I investigated
investigó,
you investigated
cargar,
to load
cargué,
I loaded
cargó,
you loaded
castigar,
to punish
castigué,
I punished
castigó,
you punished
fumigar,
to fumigate
fumigué,
I fumigated
fumigó,
you fumigated
irrigar,
to irrigate
irrigué,
I irrigated
irrigó,
you irrigated
llegar,
to arrive
llegué,
I arrived
llegó
you arrived
entregar,
to deliver
entregué,
I delivered
entregó,
you delivered
navegar,
to sail
navegué,
I sailed
navegó,
you sailed
jugar,
to play
(
a game
)
jugué,
I played
jugó,
you played
apagar,
to put out
(
the light
)
apagué,
I put out
(the light)
apagó,
you put out
(the light)
obligar,
to oblige, force
obligué,
I forced
obligó,
you forced
PUBLICAR,
to publish
PUBLIQUÉ,
I published
PUBLICÓ,
you, he, she published

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