1. Irregular Preterite Verbs: Ir, Ser
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2. Preterite of IR Ever heard someone use fui or fuiste?
They are preterite-tense (past) forms of IR.

3. Preterite of IR
Unlike regular preterite verbs, forms of IR have no accents.
This is an irregular verb and its forms must be memorized.

4. TO GO (past)
I went
You went He
She went it
We went
They went

5. IR (preterite) Yo fui Tú fuiste Él Ella fue Ud. Nos. fuimos
Vos. fuisteis
Ellos
Ellas fueron
Uds.

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

7. Preterite of IR José fue a Barcelona. Jose went to Barcelona.
El viaje fue un desastre.
The trip was a disaster.

8. Preterite of IR
Here’s a memory tip to help you remember the subjects of fui and fue:

9. Preterite of IR The “I” form ends in -i (fui).
The “he” and “she” form ends in -e (fue).