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Ellas vinieron porque quisieron charlar contigo.

Ellas vinieron porque quisieron charlar contigo.
They came because they wanted to chat with you.
From Lesson 134:Preterite i-stems (hice, quiso, vino)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Ellas vinieron porque quisieron charlar contigo.

Why do the verbs vinieron and quisieron change their first vowel to an 'i'?
Both venir (to come) and querer (to want) are irregular in the past tense (Pretérito Indefinido). They belong to a group of verbs that change to an 'i-stem' in the past: venir becomes vin- and querer becomes quis-. When you add the 'they' ending -ieron, you get vinieron and quisieron.
Why is charlar left in its infinitive form?
Because it immediately follows the conjugated verb quisieron. In Spanish, when two verbs are paired together like this (they wanted + to chat), only the first verb is conjugated to show who did it and when. The second verb stays in its original dictionary form, the infinitive (charlar).
I learned that querer means 'to love'. Why does quisieron translate to 'they wanted' here?
Querer has two main meanings. When used with people or pets, it usually means 'to love' or 'to care for'. However, when it is followed by an action (an infinitive verb like charlar), it always means 'to want' to do that action.
Why is it contigo instead of 'con tú' for 'with you'?
In Spanish, the preposition con (with) merges with certain pronouns to form a single word. Instead of saying con tú (which is grammatically incorrect), you must use the special combined word contigo. The same rule applies to 'with me', which becomes conmigo.

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