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Old January 25, 2013, 10:09 AM
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Imperfecto/Preterito

Tengo una pregunta sobre el imperfecto y el preterito:

Cuales frases son correctos? Por cada uno elige la forma correcto - vivía o viví:

Pocos años antes (vivía/viví) en el Ecuador

Pocos años antes (vivía/viví) en el Ecuador por dos meses

Pocos años antes (vivía/viví) en el Ecuador por un poco tiempo

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Old January 26, 2013, 03:07 AM
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Please try giving your own answers first and why you're choosing that tense, then we'll explain if you make a mistake and why.

Also, there are two gender agreement mistakes and the word "preterito" needs an accent. Try correcting them.
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Old January 26, 2013, 01:32 PM
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Thanks AngelicaDeAlquezar, here is my try!

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Tengo una pregunta sobre el imperfecto y el pretérito:

Cuales frases son correctas? Por cada uno elige la forma correcta - vivía o viví:

Pocos años antes (vivía) en el Ecuador [I chose the imperfect because the end time is generalized and not specific]

Pocos años antes (viví) en el Ecuador por dos meses (I changed this to use the simple past because I felt the end was specified more explicitly - i.e. for 2 months, am I right?)

Pocos años antes (vivía) en el Ecuador por un poco tiempo

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Old January 26, 2013, 05:53 PM
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Fantastic!

You only need to add the opening question mark and the accent to "Cuales" and it will be perfect.

Your answers are right. The first one accepts both tenses, but your answer is well justified, so leave it like that.
Your last sentence is the same case as the second one.
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