Estrellas y famosos: singular preterite 'dar'
I can use the verb 'dar' to ask questions about the past and present experiences of a film star.
Estrellas y famosos: singular preterite 'dar'
I can use the verb 'dar' to ask questions about the past and present experiences of a film star.
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Key learning points
- The verb 'dar' means 'to give'. 'Doy' means 'I give', 'das' means 'you give' and 'da' means 'she, he, it' gives.
- In the preterite tense, 'di' means 'I gave', 'diste' means 'you gave' and 'dio' means 'she, he, it gave'.
- There is no word in Spanish for 'do' or 'did' in questions.
- Questions also begin with an upside down question mark.
Keywords
Dar - Spanish verb meaning 'to give'
Preterite - a tense used for completed events in the past
Common misconception
Spanish questions have the same punctuation as in English.
Spanish questions begin with an upside down question mark (¿).
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