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These choices will be signaled globally to our partners and will not affect browsing data. This is one of the things you should look up for full details, but "estaba" and "estuvo" are conjugations for "estar" and "fue" and "era" are conjugations for "ser.
Spanish also has two forms of past tense, the preterit and the imperfect. Again, you should do some research on the differences, but basically you use the preterit for specific events that occurred within a limited period of time, whereas the imperfect is used for scene-setting. I feel like you, every time I learn a new grammar rule, it appears another more. Step by step and a lot spirit.
Con gusto te puedo ayudar. The same rule would undoubtedly apply to their past senses as well. Very loosely, yes. That said, "estar" and "ser" are pretty complex and it is probably best to do some outside reading on them. Get started. Fue, Era, Estaba, Estuvo Please Help Can anyone help me understand? July 28, ProfesorAntonnio Plus That's a tough issue but I'll give you some tips. Abraham Lincoln no estaba en su casa cuando lo mataron. There are two problems with thinking that they are interchangeable.
Generally: era describes a quality of being estaba describes the location of someone or something. Estaba is the imperfect past so is used for things that were interrupted or that you did routinely so it can be translated different ways Estaba yendo al cine - he went to the cinema Estaba yendo al cine - he used to go to the cinema Estaba yendo al cine cuando - he was going to the cinema when followed by the interupting action The last one isn't really exactly translated into English but that was clearest was I could think to put it.
I do not really understand what you are saying sorry The cinema was just an example to show how the imperfect can be used , for habits ect. July 29, Yh I wrote it wrong sorry I did that when I was very tired, ir should be yendo.
July 12, Thank you! You explained it very well with the examples. August 7, July 1, Sorry for the late reply! You can feel free to shoot me questions as comments if you want.
January 2, Era, estaba ………? Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. If you want to develop a conversational level of Spanish, then this guide will help you get there in the most effective way.
Era — The imperfect of ser. Estuve — The indefinido of estar. Estaba — The imperfect of estar. Last week I was really busy — La semana pasada estuve muy ocupado. Well, it was a new dress — Bueno, era un vestido nuevo. When were you in class? It was tuesday — Fue el martes. My great grandparents were from Scotland — Mis bisabuelos eran de Escocia. What are some other examples of the spanish translations of was?
Fue la una de la tarde. Thank you for this. It is an excellent description of a tricky topic. Any help would be much appreciated here, many thanks. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. First Name.
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