Asked by jenny
El domingo pasado, yo iba con mis amigos al cine.
What is wrong?
What is wrong?
Answers
Answered by
SraJMcGin
This is the difference between the Imperfect (I was going, I used to go, I went = in the sense that you were in the "middle" of it = en route, so to speak
and
The Preterit (I went, I DID go), action completed.
Imagine the imperfect like waving lines = ~ ~ ~, or action in progress, as if you were filming with a movie camera.
Imagine the preterit like / / / or a camera taking ONE photo.
So rather than saying "Last Sunday I was ging with my friends to the movies..." which implies that you never arrived there; maybe something else interrupted your going.
BUT
El domingo pasado, yo fui con mis amigos al cine. = meaning that you WENT, or DID go.
Please ask any questions if there is still something you don't understand. I have lots of information on the difference between the Imperfect and the Preterit.
Sra
and
The Preterit (I went, I DID go), action completed.
Imagine the imperfect like waving lines = ~ ~ ~, or action in progress, as if you were filming with a movie camera.
Imagine the preterit like / / / or a camera taking ONE photo.
So rather than saying "Last Sunday I was ging with my friends to the movies..." which implies that you never arrived there; maybe something else interrupted your going.
BUT
El domingo pasado, yo fui con mis amigos al cine. = meaning that you WENT, or DID go.
Please ask any questions if there is still something you don't understand. I have lots of information on the difference between the Imperfect and the Preterit.
Sra
Answered by
ana
El domingo pasado, yo iba con mis amigos al cine.
This says
Last sunday, I was with my friends at the movie theater.
It would be better if it said
El domingo pasado fui al cine con mis amigos.
Last Sunday I went to the movie theater with my friends.
This says
Last sunday, I was with my friends at the movie theater.
It would be better if it said
El domingo pasado fui al cine con mis amigos.
Last Sunday I went to the movie theater with my friends.
Answered by
jenny
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