Fui vs fuí

Garrett K.A2Kwiziq community member

Fui vs fuí

In the dictado exercise Carbón (A2) there is a sentence, I was very good, Yo fui buenísima that corrects to fuí with a tilde yet I can find no source that uses a tilde with fui. Is this an error? Also the word buenísima does not appear in my New World Spanish/English dictionary, if I Google buenísima it reverse translates to muy bien but this exchanges a adjective for a adverb. What's going on here?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate and recognise ir and ser in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)"
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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Garrett,

I corrected the typo for "fui" with an accent. It should say "fui" with no accent. Thanks for letting us know.

"Buenísima" is a superlative. It is formed by the adjective "bueno" and the suffix -ísima which is used to say "very + adjective", e.g. "rapidísimo" (very fast), "contentísimo" (very happy)... This is why it may not show up in the dictionary. We have a lesson on this. Have a look here.

I hope this helps.

Inma

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Fui vs fuí

In the dictado exercise Carbón (A2) there is a sentence, I was very good, Yo fui buenísima that corrects to fuí with a tilde yet I can find no source that uses a tilde with fui. Is this an error? Also the word buenísima does not appear in my New World Spanish/English dictionary, if I Google buenísima it reverse translates to muy bien but this exchanges a adjective for a adverb. What's going on here?

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