Irregular Preterite Verbs: Ir, Ser

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Irregular Preterite Verbs Ir, Ser

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• Realidades 2

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Preterite of IR

• You know that we use fui and fuiste to say that
  I wentand you went.
• They are preterite-tense (past) forms of IR.

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Preterite of IR

• Unlike -AR verbs, forms of IR have no accents.
• This is an irregular verb and its forms must be
  memorized.

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TO GO (past)

• I went
• You went
• He
• She went
• it

• We went
• They went

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IR (preterite)

• Yo fui
• Tú fuiste
• Él
• Ella fue
• Ud.

• Nos. fuimos
• Vos. fuisteis
• Ellos
• Ellas fueron
• Uds.

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Preterite of IR

• The preterite of IR is the same as the preterite
  of SER.
• The context makes the meaning clear.

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Preterite of IR

• José fue a Barcelona.
• Jose went to Barcelona.
• El viaje fue un desastre.
• The trip was a disaster.

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Preterite of IR

• Heres a memory tip to help you remember the
  subjects of fui and fue

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Preterite of IR

• The I form ends in -i (fui).
• The he and she form ends in -e (fue).