Lesson 48 · 10:25
Strong pasts
A small group of past forms that change the stem and drop the stress: tuve, estuve, pude, hice, quise, vine, dije.
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What you learn
- Strong preterites: tuve, estuve, pude, hice, quise, vine, dije
- Unstressed -e (I) and -o (he / she / usted): pude, pudo
- Other persons use the normal -er / -ir endings: hiciste, pudimos, tuvieron
- Tuve que + infinitive = I had to
- Gift word: la semana (week)
Sentences you can say
- No pude ir. (I couldn't go.)
- Estuve allá dos semanas.
- Tuve que trabajar.
Watch out for
"No podí ir" → this group changes the stem and drops the stress: No pude ir.