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 Examples of types II and III are sentir "feel", dormir "sleep", pedir "ask":

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:

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.