Irregular preterit endings

Question

[size=4][/size]Hola! Why is it that when you talk in the irregular preterit. Verbs like hacer, dormir etc... use "O" as an ending i.e. durmio to refer to he/she and not the first person like in the simple present'

Answer 1

HI HIlary actually all past simple third persons end in o.

tuvo
hizo
comió
tradujo
arregló etc.

The irregular verbs do not take an accent.

And yes, it might be confusing for you to see the o and think: oh, got it, present simple, first person. You will have to look into the conjugation charts, verbs are the most difficult part of the Spanish language.

Answer 2

[size=4][/size]Hola! Gracias por ayudame. I was confusing the "O" ending with yo in the simple present. Me entienda ahora.

Answer 3

Yo dormí
tu dormiste
el durmió

Answer 4

[size=4][/size]Hola! Why is it that when you talk in the irregular preterit. Verbs like hacer, dormir etc... use "O" as an ending i.e. durmió to refer to he/she and not the first person like in the simple present?

The ending in "durmió" is not irregular; the only irregularity happens to the stem "dorm-", that changes to "durm-". Otherwise, the endings are regular.

"Hacer" is another story, because both the stem and the endings are irregualar.

Anyway, could you re-phrase your question again? I don't understand the part about the first and the third person.