No. 4,398 in Spanish
vi
"Vi" is the first-person singular preterite form of "ver," meaning "I saw."
In a sentence
Ayer vi una película interesante.
Yesterday I watched an interesting movie.
Here, 'vi' is the past tense first-person singular form of the verb 'ver', meaning 'to see', used to describe an event that was witnessed.
Vi cómo solucionaste el problema.
I saw how you solved the problem.
In this context, 'vi' again is the past tense of 'ver', used for perceiving an action or process.
No vi la señal en el camino.
I didn't see the sign on the road.
Here, 'vi' is used in a negative context to express not perceiving something visually.
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