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Preterite forms of dar

Gramática
The verb dar (to give) is irregular in the preterite tense.

Preterite tense forms of dar (to give)


yo	di	(I gave)
tú	diste	(you gave)
Ud./él/ella	dio	(you gave, he/she gave)
nosotros	dimos	(we gave)
vosotros	disteis	(you guys gave)
Uds./ellos/ ellas	dieron	(you all/they gave)

Sentences with dar
Yo le di las cosas que él necesitaba. - I gave him the things that he needed.
Yo se lo di. - I gave it to her.
Yo les di el dinero ayer. - I gave them the money yesterday.
Yo le di el dinero a Juan ayer. - I gave the money to John yesterday.
Yo te dije que yo se lo di ayer. - I told you that I gave it to him yesterday.

¿Le diste el dinero para comprar los boletos? - Did you give him the money to buy the tickets?
¿Le diste a tu madre la libreta y todos los lápices? - Did you give your mom the notebook and all the pencils?
¿Le diste a Juan las cosas que él necesitaba? - Did you give John the things that he needed?
¿Se las diste? - Did you give them to him?
¿Le diste el dinero a Juan? - Did you give the money to John?

Juan se lo dio. - John gave it to her.
Yo creo que Juan le dio el dinero a María. - I think that John gave the money to Mary.
Juan me dio el dinero. - John gave me the money.
Ella me dio el dinero. - She gave me the money.
La perra de mi vecino dio luz a unos cachorros. - My neighbor's dog gave birth to some puppies.

Sí, nosotros se lo dimos esta mañana. - Yes, we gave it to her this morning.
Nosotros se los dimos. - We gave it to them.
Se lo dimos ayer. - We gave it to them yesterday.
Les dimos el dinero ayer. - We gave the money to them yesterday.
Por la tarde dimos un paseo. - In the afternoon we took a walk.

Yo creo que ellos se lo dieron. - I believe that they gave it to her.
Muchachos, ¿Le dieron el dinero? - Boys, did you give her the money?
¿Se lo dieron? - Did you give it to her?
Yo no sé si ellos se lo dieron. - I don't know if they gave it to her.
Ellos nos lo dieron. - They gave it to us.

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