Giving tequila

[soyricogringo]

Hola tengo una pregunta. if I we to say she was giving my Taquila last night. Ella estaba me dando Taquila anoche........Gracias

[Tomisimo]

It would be "me estaba dando" or "estaba dándome". The pronoun "me" goes before the first conjugated verb or is attached to the end of a present participle or infinitive. You can also use the imperfect to mean "was giving" = "daba"

Ella me estaba dando tequila anoche.
Ella estaba dándome tequila anoche.
Ella me daba tequila anoche.

[Rusty]

Ella me estaba dando tequila anoche.
Ella me daba tequila anoche.

The first sentence contains an imperfect progressive tense. Progressive means in progress. English speakers tend to overuse the progressive tenses in Spanish, and even incorrectly use them to describe a future action. The imperfect progressive tense is used when an action was in progress in the past but was interrupted by something else. So, 'ella me estaba dando' translates to 'she was in the process of giving me (when something else happened)'. The more common tense used to describe an incomplete past action is the imperfect tense, which appears in the second sentence. This translates to 'she was giving me'.

A completed past action - she gave me - uses the preterite (ella me dio).

[CrOtALiTo]

Soyricogringo, you drink tequila, then you are a funny drunkard, it's just a kidding.

[soyricogringo]

ow ya estaba tomando tequila y estaba bien baracho tambin.......gracias de todos

[soyricogringo]

Rusty que me dijiste es correcto. es que yo uso esta forma mucho. pero desde horita voy a usar otra forma.....gracias

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

It would be "me estaba dando" or "estaba dándome". The pronoun "me" goes before the first conjugated verb or is attached to the end of a present participle or infinitive. You can also use the imperfect to mean "was giving" = "daba"

Ella me estaba dando tequila anoche.
Ella estaba dándome tequila anoche.
Ella me daba tequila anoche.

I can't help you with this, but just listen to people who are very good at Spanish.

[CrOtALiTo]

Don't worry Jchen, at least you only learn more the language, if you love it, you soon will learn to speak it.

[soyricogringo]

Gracias Rusty para ensenarme. por ejemplo......ella me estaba dando tequila anoche cuando su novio entraba el bar......otro ejemplo.....i was tiered las night would be....me cansadaba anoche....gracias

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by soyricogringo

Gracias, Rusty, por enseñarme. Por ejemplo......ella me estaba dando tequila anoche cuando su novio entró el bar......otro ejemplo.....I was tired last night would be....estaba cansado anoche....gracias

De nada.

Cansarse = to get tired
me cansaba = I was getting tired

Estar cansado = to be tired