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Irregular preterites ponerse and decir

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• Ponerse and decir
• Using darle ganas de

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Ponerse and decir

• These verbs are irregular in the preterite.
• Ponerse can be followed by an adjective or by a
  plus an infinitive to say how someone reacted to
  something at a specific point in the past.
• Decir, followed by que, is used to tell what
  someone said.

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Ponerse and decir
ponerse
decir
puse
dije
me
yo
pusiste
dijiste
te
tú
puso
dijo
se
usted, él, ella
pusimos
dijimos
nos
nosotros(as)
pusisteis
dijisteis
os
vosotros(as)
pusieron
dijeron
se
ustedes, ellos, ellas
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Ponerse and decir
Rosa se puso muy nerviosa cuando le tocó
jugar. Rosa became very nervous when it was her
turn to play. Después de perder el partido, nos
pusimos a practicar más. After losing the game,
we started to practice more. Dije que nuestro
equipo ganó el partido. I said that our team won
the game.
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Using darle ganas de

• You can use the expression darle ganas de
  followed by an infinitive to say what someone
  felt like doing at a specific point in the past.

dar is conjugated with ganas
Cuando vi el puntaje final, me dieron ganas de
llorar. When I saw the final score, I felt like
crying.