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Question

¿Cómo se dice en español: I put (yesterday)? I wrote: Yo puse.

¿Cómo se dice en español: He could (yesterday)? I wrote: Él pudo.

¿Cómo se dice en español: They knew? I wrote: Ellos supieron.

Answer 1

Yes. yes and yes. The "conjugate" tool at the top is a great resource to look up (or confirm) the correct tense.

Answer 2

All are correct but just be aware that the meaning of certain verbs can change slightly depending on whether you use the preterite past or the imperfect past.

For instance, saber in the preterite past tense, eg supieron, is more like 'they found out', whereas sabían (the imperfect tense of saber) would be a better translation for 'they knew'.

Poder also in the preterite is a bit like - pudieron, they could and they did; whereas podían could mean they were able to do but we don't state whether they ended up doing it or not.