| CONSTRUIR (TO BUILD) | ||
Verbs ending in -uir are quite common. An unstressed i between vowells is spelt y, e.g. construyó for the expected construió* and an unexpected y is inserted in a number of forms, e.g. construyes for the predicted construes*. |
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| Imperative: | (tú) construye, (vosotros (construid) (usted) construya, (ustedes) construyan | |
| Present indicative: | construyo, construyes, construye, construimos, construís, construyen | |
| Imperfect (regular): | construía, construías, construía, construíamos, construías, construían | |
| Preterite: | construí, construiste, construyó, construimos, construisteis, construyeron | |
| Future (regular): | construiré, construirás, construirá, construiremos, construiréis, construirán | |
| Conditional (regular): | construiría, construirías, construiría, construiríamos, construirías, construirían | |
| Present subjunctive: | construya, construyas, construya, construyamos, construyáis, construyan | |
| Imperfect subjunctive: (ra): | construyera, construyeras, construyera, construyéramos, construyerais, construyeran | |
| Imperfect subjunctive (se): | construyese, construyeses, construyese, construyémos, construyeseis, construyesen | |
*Argüir 'to argue (a point) is spelt with a dieresis whenever the u is followed
by
i. This preserves the pronounciation [gw]: arguyo, argüimos,
argüi, arguya, etc.