I gave in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: DI
IPA: /di/

7 months ago

di info.

Tips to remember the word “di”:
1. Associate it with giving something, as in “I gave” or “I handed over.”
2. Link it with the musical note “D” as a mnemonic: imagine giving someone a musical note.
3. Remember it as the first syllable of “Dios” (God in Spanish), as in giving something as a godly act.

Explanations:
“Di” is the first-person singular past tense of the verb “dar,” which means “to give.” It is used to indicate that the speaker gave something in the past.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Entregué (I delivered/handed over)
– Proporcioné (I provided)
– Ofrecí (I offered)

Conjugations of “dar”:
– Infinitive: dar
– Present: doy (I give), das (you give), da (he/she/it gives), damos (we give), dais (you all give), dan (they give)
– Preterite (simple past): di (I gave), diste (you gave), dio (he/she/it gave), dimos (we gave), disteis (you all gave), dieron (they gave)
– Imperfect: daba (I was giving), dabas (you were giving), daba (he/she/it was giving), dábamos (we were giving), dabais (you all were giving), daban (they were giving)
– Future: daré (I will give), darás (you will give), dará (he/she/it will give), daremos (we will give), daréis (you all will give), darán (they will give)
– Conditional: daría (I would give), darías (you would give), daría (he/she/it would give), daríamos (we would give), daríais (you all would give), darían (they would give)
– Subjunctive (present): dé (I give), des (you give), dé (he/she/it gives), demos (we give), deis (you all give), den (they give)
– Subjunctive (imperfect): diera or diese (I gave), dieras or dieses (you gave), diera or diese (he/she/it gave), diéramos or diésemos (we gave), dierais or dieseis (you all gave), dieran or diesen (they gave)

Examples of sentences that use it:
– Ayer di un regalo a mi hermano. (Yesterday I gave a gift to my brother.)
– Solo di lo mejor de mí en la competición. (I only gave my best in the competition.)
– ¿Qué le dijiste? – Le di las gracias. (What did you tell him? – I thanked him.)
– Di una vuelta por el parque antes de volver a casa. (I took a walk around the park before coming back home.)
– Cuando era niño, siempre di de comer a las palomas. (When I was a child, I always fed the pigeons.)

a few seconds ago

Confusing

Di can be two different words. It can be the indicative preterite yo conjugation of dar or it can be the imperative affirmative tú case of decir (to say). Both are spelled the same.

8 months ago

Root

This is the indicative preterite (a completed action) yo conjugation if dar (to give).

8 months ago