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Old October 01, 2012, 05:56 PM
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Podia vs pude

could they buy the tickets yesterday? yes they were able to buy them. I have a hard time understanding when to use could in preterite and imperfect. Can someone give me me an example? por favor empleando poder. podia vs. pude etc.
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¿Pudieron comprar las entradas ayer? Sí, las pudieron comprar.
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Old October 02, 2012, 06:52 PM
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@tango: You may want to take a look here, here, here or here, for examples on using imperfect and past.
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