Do you need a good excuse? You can use por to say what the cause of something was.
Él no pudo salir por la tormenta.
He could not leave because of the storm.
Yo no acamparé allí por la nieve.
I will not camp there because of the snow.
Did you miss running into verbs with special, unpredictable forms? Good news — here’s another one! Conducir has unique forms in the preterite.
| conducir to drive |
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|---|---|
| yo | conduje |
| tú | condujiste |
| él / ella usted |
condujo |
| nosotros / nosotras | condujimos |
| ellos / ellas ustedes |
condujeron |
¿Condujiste un carro con cinco ruedas?
Did you drive a car with five wheels?
Condujimos a un lago ayer.
We drove to a lake yesterday.