Can use of "fue" or "era" depend on the point of reference?Hi Inma, I had a thought about V's question below and wanted to check it with you. This applies to statements which don't give any time indicators.
If the speaker is thinking of themselves in the present time, then they will see the past event as complete. "Mi prima fue Miss Universe." In other words, "We're here in the present, and that is a past event which is complete."
However if the speaker is mentally placing themselves in the past, they would say "Mi prima era Miss Universe," as a way of placing you inside the narrative in the past time frame. Kind of like saying, "Let's mentally travel to the past, when my cousin was Miss Univetse."
Hope this is makes senss. If it's correct, it will be a useful concept for me. Thanks.
The time is last month, why don't we use Era posible and lead to other hubiera PP?
Justin
In practice, are these alternatives used to the same extent as eachother? Is there a regional tendency to use one or the other?
hi, can i check if the following statements are correct responses to the first statement that ´A micheal no le gusta el arroz´ ?
A micheal no le gusta el arroz.
- A Javier tampoco le gusta el arroz.
- A Javier no le gusta tampoco el arroz.
- A Javier no le gusta el arroz tampoco.
Thanks
¿Se puede usar solo "cuales" como pronombre relativo? ¿O se necessita siempre usa con el/la/los?
Hola,
The last sentence says "Los pájaron volaban sobre nosotras.", shouldn't it be pájaros?
Hi Inma, I had a thought about V's question below and wanted to check it with you. This applies to statements which don't give any time indicators.
If the speaker is thinking of themselves in the present time, then they will see the past event as complete. "Mi prima fue Miss Universe." In other words, "We're here in the present, and that is a past event which is complete."
However if the speaker is mentally placing themselves in the past, they would say "Mi prima era Miss Universe," as a way of placing you inside the narrative in the past time frame. Kind of like saying, "Let's mentally travel to the past, when my cousin was Miss Univetse."
Hope this is makes senss. If it's correct, it will be a useful concept for me. Thanks.
since this website only teaches spanish grammar to C1 does that mean ima have to find another website to teach me the rest of the grammar to C2? im very confused please help me.
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