The Forms of "Was" in Spanish *Lesson 81*

All videos should be this well thought out and simplified 😊

Thank you ! So good way to learn Spanish! It is much clear now for me.

Explain about irregular verbs
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Explained perfectly, I don’t know how many times I’ve tried with these tenses, no matter how many Spanish teachers try and tell me!!!! this makes sense 😊

Much appreciated, Doc. You're an excellent teacher!
Just wanted to share, preterite conjugations for 'ser' are the same for 'ir'
The same meanings

Hint
Er y ir ending is preterite with time
And
Ar ending imperfect without time

Great explanation and very easy to follow😊

thanks pal... very useful.

also in a 2 part sentence consisting of a context setup and an action in that context - the 1st part that sets up the context must be in the imperfect and the action that takes place in that context must be in the preterit such as "cuando estaba en Madrid me llamaste" - you called when I was in Mardid, estar in the imperfect and llamar in the preterit

thank you for explaining

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Mi cerebro simplemente se derritió.

Very clear. But why does Spanish need to differentiate about whether it was defined in time or not (imperfect?). It is an unnecessary complication where the meaning in communication ( outcome) is the same because you can use proper words to define what you are talking about. This is what prevents real progress in learning in Spanjsh ( I find). It's like the random (and again unnecessary & pointless) allocation of female and male characteristics to objects etc. Spanish would be the number one language if we could get rid of these two issues¡

Thanks for this.

Hardest part about learning Spanish in my opinion.

I think I finally understand it. Now to actually use it!

Thanks for the useful lesson, but I have one doubt. When we say "I was in Madrid" we do not define the timeframe so why are we using "estuve" here? Shouldn't it be "estaba"?

so yo fui una chica or yo era una chica?

Is past tense SER really ever used? SER is used for a permanent condition.

I’m what context would be she was taken from me?

So say respectful como estuvo usted dia is that right?

Which one is ser and estar?

wish you gave more examples using fui and era
i still don’t understand- normally you give more examples and that helps a lot

Okay now im so confused. If you are going to Ask someone «how was your Day?» how would you say that? …. I’ve heard both «como fue tu dia?» and «como estuve tu dia?» …. Are any of them correct?

I would love a podcast practice episode for this lesson! Great lesson, it really helped me grasp "was/were".

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Muchas gracias 🙂

A great lesson!

Interesting that Google translate swaps "Nosotros fuimos alumnos en la universidad." for "Éramos estudiantes en la universidad." Can someone give a few more examples of using the preterite for "was/were". Eg. You were young. Google translate actually agrees here - "Fuiste joven".

Why ser (means 'is' in english) is used as 'es' in in sentences? Can you reply to this comment please?

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muchas gracis Professor

this ERA and FUI sometimes doesnt make sense . eg, the yo era alto cuando era joven. cuando era joven is also a specific time. the person did not remain young forever in the past. and era alto, also changed when he grew. therefore if then action happened only in the past, it means it was never in a permanent state

can you sometimes use estaba and estuve at anytime ? like for example "i was in madrid last week" can we use either one in this case ? since estaba is describing location and estuve is describing a time period

“I can’t just say ‘you was’, I have to say ‘you were’”

Not in black english

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Impossible

Being an alumni seems like it’s ongoing as well… kinda seems like could use ser in the imperfect to say I was an alumni too, since after you graduate from university you continue to be an alumni indefinitely

IS not "Alumno" a lifetime duration?? How can you then say I was alumno?

Spanish is about learning of verbs. You need to allocate 80 percent of your study time for verbs. Anyway it's the easiest European language to learn despite the fact that Spanish verb grammar is the most difficult.

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Helpful!