What is the preterite of decir?

What is the preterite of decir?

Subject Pronouns Decir Conjugation: Preterite Pronunciation
yo dije DEE-heh
dijiste dee-HEES-teh
él/ella/usted dijo DEE-hoh
nosotros/as dijimos dee-HEE-mohs

What are the preterite forms of querer?

Querer in the Preterite Tense

Subject Pronoun Preterite Tense Translation
yo quise I wanted/loved
quisiste You (informal) wanted/loved
él, ella, usted quiso He, she, you (formal) wanted/loved
nosotros/nosotras quisimos We wanted/loved

How do you use querer in the preterite?

Querer in the imperfect means “wanted or loved in an ongoing manner.” However, in the preterite, querer indicates that the wanting was to no avail. Used in the preterite negatively, querer is understood to mean that one not only didn’t want to do something, but refused to.

Is decir irregular in the preterite?

Decir is also irregular in the preterite tense just like other -cir verbs, such as conducir and traducir. Also, for the present tense there is a change from e > I in all forms but the nosotros and vosotros forms.

What are the forms of querer?

Conjugating the Irregular Spanish Verb Querer (to Want)

Conjugation Translation
yo quiero I want
tú quieres You (informal) want
él/ella/ello/uno quiere He/she/one wants
usted quiere You (formal) want

Is wanted imperfect or preterite?

In general, the preterite tense of querer means “to attempt” to do something. This is because, querer means “to want”, but the sense of “wanted” is the imperfect form.

Is ERA a preterite?

The two forms represent different past tenses, era for the imperfect and fue for the preterite. The preterite tense is preferred here.)