Irregular Preterite Conjugations:
These five conjugations must be memorized in their totality, much like the present tense of ir and ser had to be in Spanish I.
dar=gave, did give ver=saw, did see
1) di 1) dimos 1) vi 1) vimos
2) diste 2)XXXXX 2) viste 2) XXXXX
3) dio 3)dieron 3) vio 3) vieron
DO YOU SEE THAT THESE TWO VERBS ABOVE FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN?
ir=went, did go.......ser=was,were (These two have the SAME preterite conjugations!)
1) fui 1) fuimos
2) fuiste 2)XXXXX
3) fue 3) fueron
decir=said/told, did say/did tell traer=brought, did bring
1) dije 1) dijimos 1) traje 1) trajimos
2) dijiste 2) XXXXX 2) trajiste 2) XXXXX
3) dijo 3) dijeron 3) trajo 3) trajeron
DO YOU SEE THAT THESE TWO VERBS FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN?
STUDY WELL AND MEMORIZE!!