Respondí, respondiste, respondió, respondimos, respondisteis, respondieron
Conjugation: empecéNote that the "z" in the root changes to a "c" in front of the "e". Because "ze" is not allowed in Spanish, the "z" transitions to a "ce". This is the same with any verb that ends in "zar" in the preterite tense yo form and in the present subjunctive.
wich is the preterite form of "weichen" which means "to soften"
Llegue is the preterite yo form of the verb "Llegar". It means "I arrived".
In Spanish, it is the preterite form (past tense) of escribir "to write". It means "you wrote" or "you did write"
Past tense.
This is what is classified as an "orthographic change". In simple terms, if the spelling was not changed the sound of the word would be very different from other conjugations and the infinitive.For example, if we look at a -car verb like "tocar" and conjugated it without doing the spelling change (e.g. incorrectly), the "yo" form in the preterite would be "toce" and pronounced like "toe-say". This changes the sound from the hard "c" in "tocaste", "toco" to a soft "c". By changing the spelling of the "yo" form in the preterite to "toque", it will be pronounced as "toe-kay", keeping the hard "c" sound.The same issue applies if we look at a -gar verb like "pagar". If we conjugated it without doing the spelling change (e.g. incorrectly), the "yo" form in the preterite would be "page" and pronounced like "pah-hay". This changes the sound from the hard "g" in "pagaste", "pago" to a soft "g" - which sounds like an "h" in English. By changing the spelling of the "yo" form in the preterite to "pague", it will be pronounced as "pah-gay", keeping the hard "g" sound.
Joined is a verb as it makes part of the verb to join. It's the preterite form of that verb.
pidió
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You need to know the preterite tense if you are talking to someone about your past. However, there are two past tenses: the preterite and the imperfect. For a short description, the preterite is used when something is done and over with. The imperfect is for stuff that continously happened in the past. For example: If you lived on State street for five years, you would use the imperfect. If you said, I played basketball with my friends (yesterday) then you would use the preterite. Look for keys words in a sentence to know which tense to use such as yesterday, always, etc.
saber
servimos