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

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@@TheLanguageTutorim confused with fui fuiste etc is that ser or estar which context?

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This is the verb tense that gave me the most problems. Then later you study the verb "ir (to go)" in pretirito which is the same conjugation as "ser", talk about mind blowing. Seriously the headache of it made me take a pause in the studying. But when I came back to it after a week, it got easier. Yes, the discipline of practice and repeat. This teacher did a good job with ser vs estar.

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Hello and I usually use you explanations as one of the best explanations of a particular concept . Not so with your lesson on the 4 kinds of "was". I ran it by a young gal from Venezuela. Ugg!! Her reaction was "Forget Rules. Learn it like I leaned it -I created one typical sentence for each "was", and memorized them. Each time I needed a "was" I picked the "was" in the most similar sentence. Over time I needed less and less thinking."

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Rules can be helpful, but you are right, the best practice is conversation.

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This is one area where English is astronomically easier lol. 2 words cover both preterit and imperfect and ALL pronouns.

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And the negative forms such as wasn’t and weren’t

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@@gtr3440estuve*

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Lesson starts at 1:59

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Good idea. I have covered these but it may help to see them all at once.

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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

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So quick question was told you can use estuve as “I have been” so I’m wondering how do you use ? And when you say interchangeable does that mean for that verb u can use either one ?