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Questions & Answers about Decidió dimitir hoy.
What tense is decidió, and what person is it?
Decidió is the preterite (in Spanish grammar, pretérito indefinido) of decidir.
It is third person singular, so it can mean:
- he decided
- she decided
- you decided in the formal singular (usted)
The preterite shows the decision as a completed action in the past.
Why is there no subject word like he or she?
Spanish often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.
So decidió already signals él / ella / usted.
If the speaker wants to be explicit or add emphasis, they can say:
Él decidió dimitir hoy.
Ella decidió dimitir hoy.
But very often, Spanish leaves that pronoun out.
Why is dimitir in the infinitive?
After decidir, Spanish commonly uses an infinitive to express what someone decided to do.
So the pattern is:
decidir + infinitive
Examples:
- Decidió dimitir.
- Decidieron esperar.
- He decidido cambiar de trabajo.
This is the Spanish equivalent of English decide to + verb.
Why is there no a before dimitir?