The difference between Indefinido and Imperfecto is probably your main struggle when using the past tense. Below are some examples of contrast situations: Finished & Concrete Action vs. Durative Action This is the most “grammatical” case. Examples: Mi amigo vivía en Panamá vs. Mi amigo vivió en Panamá. Actually, both cases provide the same information: I have a […]
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Some things you have to know – Spanish Past Tenses
I know it’s hard. I know that you think the Spanish past tense makes no sense at all. But maybe it’s just that you are looking at it the wrong way. Past tense in Spanish is, undoubtedly, a hard grammar topic to master. We have four different ones. They don’t correlate to other languages like […]
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