Breakdown of ¿Qué dijisteis sobre el acento de la profesora?
de
of
el profesor
the teacher
qué
what
decir
to say / to tell
sobre
on / about
el acento
the accent
Questions & Answers about ¿Qué dijisteis sobre el acento de la profesora?
Where does the "j" in dijisteis come from?
Dijisteis is the vosotros (you all, informal plural) form of decir (to say/tell) in the past tense (pretérito indefinido). Decir is an irregular verb that changes its stem to dij- in this tense. To that new stem, you simply add the regular -isteis ending.
Could I use de instead of sobre to say "about" here?
Why isn't there an accent mark on dijisteis? Don't past tense verbs usually have them?
Regular verbs do have accent marks in the past tense, but only for the yo and él/ella/usted forms (like hablé or comió). The vosotros ending -isteis never has an accent mark. Furthermore, highly irregular verbs with changed stems, like decir becoming dij-, drop the accent marks entirely in all of their past tense forms!
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