we were on zoom | estábamos en zoom |
we were on zoom on tuesday and thursday | Nosotras estuvimos en zoom los martes y jueves |
i was studying | estaba estudiando |
i was here sunday at 4pm | Estuve aquí el domingo a las cuatro. |
you were dancing in the street | estabas bailando en la calle |
you were there in the street last night (familiar) | estuviste en la calle anoche |
i was here for two hours | estuve aquí por dos horas |
i was here | estaba aquí |
why was he here last week | ¿Por qué estuvo aquí la semana pasada? |
where was she at midnight | donde estuvo ella a medianoche |
where were they yesterday | ¿Dónde ESTUVIERON ellos ayer? |
i was here yesterday in the office | Yo estuve aquí ayer en la oficina. |
where are you tomorrow (familiar) | ¿Dónde estás mañana? |
why are they in the house | por que estan en la casa |
they were in the street with some dogs | estaban en la calle con unos perros |
we are here | estamos aquí |
we were here | estabamos aquí |
She is a very good-looking woman | ella es una mujer muy guapa |
She WAS a very good-looking woman | era una mujer muy guapa |
The soccer player is very good | la futbolista es muy buena |
The soccer player WAS very good | la futbolista era muy buena |
he is depressed | él está deprimido |
he was depressed | el estaba deprimido |
are they here at 3:00 | ellas están a las tres |
were they here at 3:00 | ellas estuvieron a las tres |
Laura is president for 3 years | Laura es presidenta por tres años |
Laura was president for 3 years | Laura fue presidenta por tres años |
Laura was president | Laura era presidenta |
It was half past five | ERAN las cinco y media |
It was one o’clock | Era la una |
IT WAS ten minutes to eleven. | ERAN las once menos diez |
it was necessary to fix it | era necesario arreglarlo |
it was impossible to see | era imposible ver |
it was easy to read (exception!) | era/fue fácil de leer |
it was important to study | era importante estudiar |
it was hard to learn | era/fue difícil de aprender |
it was important to go | era importante ir |
you are my friend (familiar) | eres mi amiga |
i was here yesterday | estuve aquí ayer |
how much is it | cuantos es |
it was seven | eran las siete |
they are students | son las estudiantes |
where were you (formal) | dónde estaba usted? |
I’m bored | Estoy aburrido |
She’s bored | Esta aburrida |
The book is boring | El libro es aburrido |
We were bored | Estábamos aburridos |
We were bored yesterday | Estuvimos aburridos ayer |
the food is rich | la comida está rica |
do it | hazlo |
do it like this | hazlo así |
do it with the chair | hazlo con la silla |
do it without andrew | hazlo sin Andrés |
because there were problems last night | porque hubo problemas anoche |
when i was here | cuando estaba aquí |
were you here last night at eight (familiar) | estuviste aqui anoche a las ocho |
good, you were here at 5:00(familiar) | bueno, estuviste aquí a las cinco |
was maria also here | estaba María aquí también? |
was he here last night with you (formal) | estuvo el aquí anoche contigo |
do it with this one | hazlo con este |
the party was fun (specific point in time) | la fiesta fue divertida |
the class was interesting (specific point in time) | la clase fue interesante |
the day was pretty | el día fue bonito |
the party was good until the police arrived | la fiesta era buena hasta que llegó la policía (story doesn’t end, it was good until…) |
the house was white | la casa era blanca (descriptions) |
the car was blue | el coche era azul |
the ring was made of gold | el anillo era de oro |
when ana was a girl she was tall | cuando ana era niña, era alta |
ana was shy but now she is sociable | ana era tímida pero ahora es sociable |
obama was president for the united states | obama era/fue el presidente de los estados unidos (used to be VS was for a specific point in time) |
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they had improved their spanish this year | ellos tuvieron mejorado sus espanol este año |
take this glass/cup | toma este vaso |
he was looking for you last week | él estuvo buscando la semana pesada |
my friend told me to loosen up | mi amiga me dijo que soltarse de pelo |
well, i am nervous about this cough | pues, estoy nervioso por esta tos |
i had a fear of pills | tenía temor a las pastillas |
while she speaks, let’s listen | mientras ella habla, escuchamos |
You are so rigid (familiar) | Tu eres tan rígido |
there was a party friday | HUBO una fiesta el viernes |
there was a reason to be worried | Había una razón para estar preocupada |
there was a man here last month | hubo un hombre aquí el mes pasado |