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serendipity November 06, 2008 12:24 PM

Ayer tuve clase
 
I know there's something wrong with this sentence, but I don't know how to make it right :/ Help?

"Ayer tuve clase de español un trabajo en grupo sobre la capital de España"

Basically, I'm trying to say that I had spanish yesterday and that we worked together in groups about the capital of Spain.. I know it's not right!! :p

Rusty November 06, 2008 12:43 PM

Yo diría ...

Ayer, en la clase de español, trabajamos en grupos para aprender algo de la capital de España.

CrOtALiTo November 06, 2008 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by serendipity (Post 19013)
I know there's something wrong with this sentence, but I don't know how to make it right :/ Help?

"Ayer tuve clase de español un trabajo en grupo sobre la capital de España"

Basically, I'm trying to say that I had spanish yesterday and that we worked together in groups about the capital of Spain.. I know it's not right!! :p

I will correct you.

Ayer tube una clase de español, y tube que trabajar en grupo y nosotros hicimos una historia sobre la capital de España.


I know that it's different but, I feel to it's corrects because, your own text almost not sence in itself build.:)

Planet hopper November 06, 2008 03:14 PM

Crotalito pls

Tuve, not tube

:rolleyes::p:p

Elaina November 06, 2008 05:02 PM

My :twocents:...

Ayer en mi clase de español, trabajamos en grupo para aprender sobre la capital de España.

:idea:

CrOtALiTo November 06, 2008 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Planet hopper (Post 19027)
Crotalito pls

Tuve, not tube

:rolleyes::p:p

Yes, you are right, I'm sorry for my mistake.:p

cmon November 06, 2008 05:28 PM

Why is trabajamos used
 
instead of trabajábamos?

Rusty November 06, 2008 05:30 PM

The preterite tense was used because the working had an end.

cmon November 06, 2008 05:35 PM

I was thinking present tense
 
forgot that the preterite had same ending.
What a jerk!

Planet hopper November 06, 2008 11:43 PM

Trabajamos=we had worked / we worked
Trabajabamos=we had been working/we were working

Tricky field, tenses. Also difficult for Spanish speakers, the english tenses. For example, the distribution going to vs will...lots of rules and at the end of the day a big percentage of sentences would admit both.


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