words that change meaning

supe

to find out

sabía

to be able to do something, knew something

conocí

met (for the first time)

conocía

knew/was familia with

quiso

wanted/completed action

quería

wanted/indefinite result

no quiso

refused

no quería

didn’t want to

pude

managed/succeeded

podía

was able to

no pude

tried but failed

tuve

recieved/got

tenía

describing what someone had

tuve que

had to and did, definite result

tenía que

was supposed to, indefinite result

fui a

went to

iba a

was going to do somehting