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I have to write an essay for my Spanish II class. The only verb tenses we have covered are presente, pretérito, and presente progressivo. I am trying to say "I was late," as in "I was late when I left home" or "I was late when I arrived at school." Is it grammatically correct to say "Estuve muy tarde"?
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I was late when I left home Era tarde cuando salí de casa. I was late when I arrived at school Llegué tarde a la escuela (o era tarde cuando llegué a la escuela) Nice to meet you. I hope it'll be helpful :) |
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You are going to have to use the imperfect tense as irmamar has said. Whenever you are introducing background to something else that has happened in the past you will use the imperfect.
i.e. I was doing something (imperfect) when something else occured (preterite). Yo estudiaba cuando entró el profesor. I was studying when the professor entered. |
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Estaba estudiando cuando entró el profesor. Estaba escuchando música cuando sonó el teléfono. Es una acción (larga) pasada que se estaba desarrollando cuando fue interrumpida por otra acción (corta). :) |
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I was late when I arrived at school. = Estaba retrasado/a cuando llegué a la escuela. Retrasado o demorado. Cualquiera funciona igual. |
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El autobús va retrasado o va con retraso. Yo llego tarde, voy con retraso o me retraso. |
Why can't it be..........Estudiaba cuando entró el profesor.... (it's an incomplete sentence but.....it sounds right to me. Would I be breaking a grammar rule?
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Estaba estudiando cuando el profesor entró ¿No sé?:confused: |
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