Conjugate oír in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)

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Oír (to hear) is irregular in El Pretérito Indefinido in Spanish.

Learn how to conjugate "oír" in El Pretérito Indefinido in Spanish

yo
oíste
él / ella / Ud. oyó
nosotros / nosotras  mos
vosotros / vosotras steis
ellos / ellas / Uds.  oyeron
Note the change from - i- to -y- in the third person singular and plural (él and ellos).
Also note that all forms have accents except for the ellos form. For the , nosotros and vosotros forms, this is to avoid the -o- and -i- forming a diphthong [oi].

Look at and listen to these examples:

Yo las noticias en la radio.I heard the news on the radio.

oíste pero no escuchaste.You heard but you didn't listen.

Él oyó la poesía en el salón de actos.He heard the poetry in the main hall.

Usted oyó las quejas pero no hizo nada.You heard the complaints but you didn't do anything.

Nosotras oímos el concierto desde casa.We heard the concert from home.

Vosotros oísteis el sonido en la habitación.You heard the sound in the room.

Ellas no oyeron la canción.They didn't hear the song.

Ustedes oyeron la guitarra.You heard the guitar. (You formal plural)

The conjugation of oír in El Pretérito Indefinido is the same as -uir verbs.

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Examples and resources

Yo las noticias en la radio.I heard the news on the radio.
Nosotras oímos el concierto desde casa.We heard the concert from home.
Vosotros oísteis el sonido en la habitación.You heard the sound in the room.
oíste pero no escuchaste.You heard but you didn't listen.
Ustedes oyeron la guitarra.You heard the guitar. (You formal plural)
Ellas no oyeron la canción.They didn't hear the song.
Él oyó la poesía en el salón de actos.He heard the poetry in the main hall.
Usted oyó las quejas pero no hizo nada.You heard the complaints but you didn't do anything.
Conjugate oír in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)
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Ustedes el canto del pájaro. (You heard the bird sing.)
Using the Ustedes form conjugate "oír" in El Pretérito Indefinido

Q&A Forum 1 question, 1 answer

I. D.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tilde in pretérito indefinido

When does the o-ending in the 3rd person pretérito indefinido get a tilde (like "oyó) and when doesn't it?

Asked 1 year ago
InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola len

The regular preterite conjugations  in the 3rd person singular (he, she, you formal) will always get a tilde as they will end in -o or -io, they will be stressed on that last syllable on the final -o, and that means you need to use the accent. That is just following the rules for accentuation. 

habló, amó, bebió, comió, salió, fumó, trabajó...

However if the verb is monosyllabic, it doesn't take the accent:

dio, vio, lio, rio,...

The irregular preterite conjugations  in the 3rd person singular where the stress doesn't fall on the last syllable but in the penuntimate syllable, there is no accent:

dijo, puso, hizo, anduvo, tuvo, quiso, estuvo...

There are also some completely irregular verbs in the preterite, like ser or ir, where there is no accent because of being monosyllabic words too:

fue 

 

I suggest to have a look at these kwiziq lessons:

Irregulares graves (no accents)

Where to stress a word in Spanish

Accents in Spanish

I hope it helps

Saludos

I. D. asked:

tilde in pretérito indefinido

When does the o-ending in the 3rd person pretérito indefinido get a tilde (like "oyó) and when doesn't it?

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