The same place more than once

[Falda Verde]

I'm a very weak spanish speaker but I try my best. So for an assignment I am struggling with saying somethings. One in particular is this: He painted the same place more than once. Would it be Él Pintó el mismo lugar más que una vez? Please help me soon, thanks :)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Some suggestions below:

Él Pintó (Check your use of capital letters) el mismo lugar más que (A preposition is needed instead*) una vez.

*For examples and explanations you can take a look here (http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=6492) and here (http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=8779).

[Falda Verde]

So then would it be: Él pintó el mismo lugar más de una vez.

[Julvenzor]

So then would it be: Él pintó el mismo lugar más de una vez.


Yes, and "él" is not strictly necessary.

A pleasure.

[Falda Verde]

Thank you both so much :pinkdaisies:

[Falda Verde]

I wanted to bring this up again to ask, what tense would I use? The imperfect or just as I have it: the preterit?

[Rusty]

The tense you used is a correct translation of what you said in English. The imperfect tense would change the meaning.

[chileno]

hmmm that would depend on more context. Right?

Same thing in English.

[Falda Verde]

What would the meaning be if I used the Imperfect? also would this sentence be correct if I use the imperfect: Algunos de sus amigos eran...

[chileno]

Yes. It would be OK. But it would depend on the context to use one or the other....just like in your first question in this thread.

What's your native language?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

The imperfect would talk about a habit or a repeated action in the past. The preterite talks about an action that happened only once.

[Falda Verde]

I am still a bit confused. So saying My friend is Maria, would I use the imperfect because she is continuously my friend or the preterit? By the way my native language is English and I am sorry if I am bombarding you guys with stupid questions :worried:

[Rusty]

If María is still your friend, you would use the imperfect to say she was your friend.
If that friendship had an end, you would convey that with the preterit.

[Falda Verde]

What if Maria or the person who was friends with Maria were dead, but the friendship itself never came to an end in their life time?

[Rusty]

Imperfect (not complete).

[chileno]

I am still a bit confused. So saying My friend is Maria, would I use the imperfect because she is continuously my friend or the preterit? By the way my native language is English and I am sorry if I am bombarding you guys with stupid questions :worried:

In Chile we say "There is no stupid question, just the one that wasn't made"

;)

[Falda Verde]

Ahahaha, well thank you all so much :)!