what is the preterite tense from the present of
tu puedes ir = ?
The irregular stem of Poder in the preterite is "pud" then add your ending
And don't forget the accent on "tú"
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The preterite tense in Spanish is used to talk about completed actions in the past. To form the preterite tense, you typically remove the -er/-ir ending from the present tense verb and add the appropriate preterite endings.
Let's take the verb "poder" (to be able to) and conjugate it in the preterite tense. In the present tense, "tu puedes ir" means "you can go." To find the preterite form of "poder," you will need to remove the -es ending from "puedes" and add the preterite endings. The preterite endings for -er/-ir verbs are:
-í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron
So, to put "poder" in the preterite tense for "tu" (you), you would say "tu pudiste ir," which means "you were able to go" in English.