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Old February 23, 2011, 06:48 AM
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Indefinido o el imperfecto

Según la tradición europea, los primeros restaurantes surgía en París.
Los cocineros de los nobles guillotinados los ponían para tener trabajo.
La tradición asiática dice que fue en la ciudad china de Kaifeng en 1120.
Con un millón de habitantes era la capital del país.
Men Yang escribió en su diario que en Kaifeng (empezar) ...... a suigir...

Is that ok?
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Old February 23, 2011, 07:44 AM
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Según la tradición europea, los primeros restaurantes surgen en París.
Los cocineros de los nobles guillotinados los ponían para tener trabajo.
La tradición asiática dice que fue en la ciudad china de Kaifeng en 1120.
Con un millón de habitantes era la capital del país.
Men Yang escribió en su diario que en Kaifeng
... fue donde nacieron/aparecieron los primeros restaurantes....
.... fue donde se crearon/se fundaron los primeros restaurantes
... nacieron/aparecieron los primeros restaurantes
... se crearon/se fundaron los primeros restaurantes

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Old February 23, 2011, 08:19 AM
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thanks.. I didn't understand the last things you wanted to say

hmm I'm not sure what I should do =>
Pedro le envió un ramo a Mercedes porque fue su cumpleaños.
But then again ... it might be era ...
how to make the difference
I remembered that my teacher said something about that...she said that it should be always Era because you were born and you are born now which makes it Imperfecto always... is that so?

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@ first question
All are variations of the same concept
nacer (to born) /aparecer (to show)
crear (to create)/ fundar (to found) are reflexive (se crearon/ se fundaron)
And you can use it directly (aparecieron) or indirectly (fue donde aparecieron)


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Pedro le envió un ramo a Mercedes porque era su cumpleaños.
Pedro le envió un ramo a Mercedes porque fue su cumpleaños.
both are OK. It depends of the context.

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