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Hello, I would like a little help please. In my head in order to differentiate between the imperfect past tense and the preterite past tense, I think "I used to...." to pick the imperfect. In some of the examples here in kwiziq the "used to" is translated into English, such as here "Vosotros trabajabais en Madrid durante los años 80" as "I used to work in Madrid during the 80's"
However I have also seen "Soler" used for "used to" especially with 'IR" for used to go,
"Solía ir ..."
Is my "used to" translation for the imperfect to literal, and is it better to use "Soler" with verbs for "used to go" or "used to do" etc.
Sorry about the italics, I cut and paste a character and I can't turn them off!
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