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Hi. As I have been learning the difference between imperfecto and indefinido, I have come to understand that imperfecto could be expressed as "used to " and indefinido as "-ed". So comer would be comia hongos (I used to eat mushrooms, imperfecto) or comi (I ate mushrooms, indefinido). 

This description of habia vs hubo seems to be the opposite: habia (imperfecto) is what I would think of as "There used to be... ", whereas hubo (indefinido) would be "There was". So I would think it'd be something like this: 

Habia muchos ninos en el parque - shouldn't this be like "There used to be a lot of kids at the park"? Definately a completed thing. 

Hubo muchos ninos en el parque - shouldn't this be like "There were a lot of kids at the park"? Who knows if it's a completed thing. 

But this lesson has it backwards, like "Habia" is - "There were..." and "Hubo" is "There used to be..." 

So I'm confused. I'm understanding the completed actions vs incomplete actions, but this lesson feels backwards. Can you please help me understand where I have it wrong? I've read many of your responses, and I'm not understanding where I'm off. 

Thanks.

Jeff

I feel like there are 2 correct answers to this question:

Es el hombre más honesto ________.

He's the most honest man I've ever met.

I think the one I choose and the one identified as correct are equally correct. 

que jamás haya conocido - identified answer 

jamás yo he conocido - my answer 

Please explain.  Thank you 

Este es el tercer coche que compro este año. •

This is the third car I have bought this year.

Still struggling with this (and I can see I am not alone based on some comments, lol). Can I share my thinking and you tell me where I am making my mistake? On the quiz the question was: El policía persiguió al ladrón ________ no lo atrapó. (The policeman chased the thief but he didn't catch him. I went back and forth between "pero" and "sino que" for quite a while!  I thought "pero" would work because it makes a contrast (chased / caught). But, then I noted the change in verbs before and after "but," (persiguio / atrapo) and thus used "sino que." This issue, where I feel a note a second verb is one of the largest reasons I keep getting this wrong. How should I be approaching this differently? Thanks as always for your help! PS - I didn't use proper accents above as when I do my computer kicks me out of this program!

Prepara la pregunta para cada frase Ten en cuenta que hay diferentes grados de formalidad cuando hagas las frases

1.¿Que haces? ¿Qué frío hace!

2.Yo también estoy mal de dinero ultimamente. Lo siento.

3.Si, no hay problema. Además, tengo las llamadas gratis despues de las 7 de la tarde

4.No sé que pasa con esta puerta, pero está rota otra vez.

5.Está bien. Puedes comertelas, pero después tenemos que comprar más, si no Maria se va a enfadar

6.Vale, no hay problema, pero tienes que devolvérmelo antes de Navidad.

7.Si puedes usarla sin problemas. Estos dias hace mucho fria.

8.No, porque no lo tengo en casa. Se lo deje a Maria hace unos dias

9.Estoy afuera esperándote y esta Iloviendo muy fuerte.

10.No puedo Ya están h reservadas para otras personas y no hay ninguna libre.

11.Si, es verdad. Hace mucho calor aqui yo también estoy sudando.

Respuesta en basico español para nivel a2.3

Por ejemplo -> . ¿Me das un caramelo? Es que me duele la garganta.

→ No es que me queda una para mi hermana

2. Oye, ¿me puedes invitar a una bebida?Es que no me he traído dinero.

-> No es que no llevo suficiente dinero.

I made some errors, had some typos, some dropped plurals, missed accents, etc., but I got most of it right.  But then the score said "0 out of 60.  Missed your morning coffee?"  I think I do not understand how the dictation is scored.  Could you please explain?

Please explain why como does not have an accent in the sentence and clarify why an accent is placed on the letter “o”

Other than the definition, there doesn’t seem to be any content here. And a Spanish topic is written by a French specialist?

Maybe start by listing the days of the week. None of the examples  given mention Thursday.