Verbs ending in car change the c into que, when the first letter of the termination is e; as, to mark, marcar, marc-ar, (perfect tense) marqué.
Verbs ending in gar add a u immediately after the g in the terminations beginning by e; as, to pay, pagar, pag-ar, (perfect tense) pagué.
| Verbs in | cer | change the | c | into | z | } |
| “ | ger | “ | g | “ | j | } when the first letter |
| “ | gir | “ | g | “ | j | } of the termination is |
| “ | quir | “ | qu | “ | c | } either o or a. |
| “ | guir | lose the | u | “ | } |
Examples:—To vanquish, vencer, venzo; to choose, escoger escojo; to elect, elegir, elijo; to transgress the law, delinquir delinco; to follow, seguir, sigo.