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Irregular Preterite Verbs:
Ir, Ser
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Realidades 2
Preterite of IR
You
know that we use
fui and fuiste to say that
“I went”and “you went.”
They are preterite-tense
(past) forms of IR.
Preterite of IR
Unlike
-AR verbs, forms
of IR have no accents.
This is an irregular verb
and its forms must be
memorized.
TO GO (past)
I
went
You
He
She
it
went
went
We
went
They went
IR (preterite)
Yo
fui
Tú fuiste
Él
Ella
fue
Ud.
Nos.
fuimos
Vos. fuisteis
Ellos
Ellas fueron
Uds.
Preterite of IR
The
preterite of IR is the
same as the preterite of
SER.
The context makes the
meaning clear.
Preterite of IR
José
fue a Barcelona.
Jose went to Barcelona.
El viaje fue un desastre.
The trip was a disaster.
Preterite of IR
Here’s
a memory tip to
help you remember the
subjects of fui and fue:
Preterite of IR
The
“I” form ends in -i
(fui).
The “he” and “she” form
ends in -e (fue).