Is it really that simple?

D. L.C1Kwiziq community member

While I understand the explanation via timeframes and don't want to complicate things unnecessarily, this made me think:

Can't I use the imperfect (progressive) with such timeframes, too?

Ayer estaba limpiando la casa. (Should be ok.)
Ayer entre la 1 y las 2 estaba limpiando la casa. (?)
Ayer entre la 1 y las 2 estaba limpiando la casa cuando algo me asustó. (Should be ok.)

That is, can't the imperfect (progressive) be used with an explicit timeframe, too, as long as its function is descriptive or establishing a background, i.e. as long as the aspectual semantics are imperfective within the timeframe?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "The Spanish imperfect progressive vs the Spanish preterite progressive (was +ing)"

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D. L. asked:

Is it really that simple?

While I understand the explanation via timeframes and don't want to complicate things unnecessarily, this made me think:

Can't I use the imperfect (progressive) with such timeframes, too?

Ayer estaba limpiando la casa. (Should be ok.)
Ayer entre la 1 y las 2 estaba limpiando la casa. (?)
Ayer entre la 1 y las 2 estaba limpiando la casa cuando algo me asustó. (Should be ok.)

That is, can't the imperfect (progressive) be used with an explicit timeframe, too, as long as its function is descriptive or establishing a background, i.e. as long as the aspectual semantics are imperfective within the timeframe?

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