Question

I need some help with conjugating verbs in the preterite and imperfect.

Answer 1

Adone ___________ (ir) tu en ese momento?

Answer 2

*Adonde

Answer 3

I thought it would be fuiste but it's wrong.

Answer 4

@Mertsj

Answer 5

I do not know Spanish

Answer 6

Okay thanks anyways.

Answer 7

yw

Answer 8

@Preetha

Answer 9

@Ashleyisakitty @ClassyAnonymous @cmp411 @Chooch146 @Darrius @dmezzullo @FlaCaLOL @Hoa @hedyeh99 @ipa @joannaxox3 @jbluver @jon29256 @joker123456 @LucyLu15 @lilhudsonnn @mathstudent55 @magenxoxo @some_someone @SnuggieLad @satellite73 @uri @yoyogators

Answer 10

I can help, what is your verb?

Answer 11

ir

Answer 12

I know,
yo fui

Answer 13

tu fuiste

Answer 14

el/ella/usted fue

Answer 15

nosotros fuimos

Answer 16

vosotros fuisteis

Answer 17

Ustedes/ellos/ellas fueron

Answer 18

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/-as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes


@SavannahMiller27 , YES?

Answer 19

That was preterite, and no @some_someone that is in the present form

Answer 20

what? I never said anything I just put the
yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/-as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

Answer 21

Here is the imperfect form: Yo iba,tu ibas,el/ella/usted iba, nosotros ibamos, vosotros ibais ellos/ellas iban

Answer 22

@hedyeh99 you put those too?
I have not put any verbs yet?

Answer 23

@InYourHead

Answer 24

The sentence is:

Adonde ___________ (ir) tu en ese momento?

I tried fuiste but it says that it's wrong.

Answer 25

@hedyeh99 if you have a problem with me, then PM.

Answer 26

it is ibas

Answer 27

@hedyeh99 you should explain.

Answer 28

Because, they are asking for the imperfect

Answer 29

The imperfect tense (el imperfecto) is one of the several past tenses in Spanish. It is used mainly to describe past habitual actions or to set the scene in the past

Answer 30

@SavannahMiller27, well @InYourHead is the BEST SPANISH teacher, but unfortunately he is offline.

Answer 31

The imperfect can generally translate to be what someone was doing or used to do.It sets the background knowledge or scenery for a story.

Answer 32

@some_someone , I speak Spanish fluently

Answer 33

I just tried ibas and it doesn't work either...I'm confused I thought it was ibas to begin with.

Answer 34

It should be ibas >.>

Answer 35

@InYourHead explains thoroughly

BTW @hedyeh99 I speak Spanish fluently also.

Answer 36

ok @some_someone , do you have a different answer then?

Answer 37

Got any ideas other than ibas and fuiste? Bc it's saying that neither of them are correct.

Answer 38

Irias?
Accent mark on the second i

Answer 39

okay i'll try it @hedyeh99

Answer 40

Preterite
yo -------- fui
tú ------------------ fuiste
él/ella/usted ----------------- fue
nosotros/-as ------------------------ fuimos
vosotros/-as ----------------------------------- fuisteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes -------------------------------------------- fueron

Answer 41

Thanks :), but I was almost certain it was imperfect, funny it didn't work

Answer 42

okay so irias with an accent on the second i doesn't work either...

Answer 43

Imperfect
yo -------- iba
tú ------------------ ibas
él/ella/usted ----------------- iba
nosotros/-as ------------------------ íbamos
vosotros/-as ----------------------------------- ibais
ellos/ellas/ustedes -------------------------------------------- iban

Answer 44

well it should be fuiste..or vas a ir...

Answer 45

@SavannahMiller27 do you see both IMPERFECT and PRETERITE?

Answer 46

@some_someone Yes I see it. I've tried both fuiste and ibas and it says that it's wrong.

Answer 47

Okaii what did @hedyeh99 tell you?

Answer 48

To try irias with an accent over the second i. Tried that and it's wrong too.

Answer 49

The preterite is a "perfect" tense because it reports events viewed as completed within a finite time frame (a change, a definite beginning or end at a specific point).

An "imperfect" tense conveys duration, progression, incompleteness (a state, something experienced for some time)

So, first you need to see the difference between IMPERFECT & PRETERITE.
Yes.

Answer 50

Adone ___________ (ir) tu en ese momento?
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So based on what I gave you as 'definition' of PRETERITE and IMPERFECT, which one do you think we are looking for, (PRETERITE or IMPERFECT)?

Answer 51

Adone fuiste tu en ese momento?
Adone ibas tu en ese momento?

Answer 52

Sorry, I'm stumped.
I'm assuming, from your post, that our choices are to either use the Preterite, or the Imperfect.
Is that right?

If "fuiste" really isn't the answer, then I have no idea what it is.

We're talking about a single moment in time.
That's why we should be using the Preterite form.

Answer 53

@InYourHead but were my conjugations right?

Answer 54

Don't you speak fluent Spanish?

Answer 55

Yeah I believe the user was to either use the Preterite, or the Imperfect.

And yeah I do speak fluent Spanish.

Answer 56

I just wanted your opinion also :)

Answer 57

You mentioned, through earlier messages, that you're in Spanish 2.
And even so, you do ask quite a lot of Spanish questions, for someone who speaks Spanish fluently.

So cariño, let's drop the act. Tú no me engañas.

I don't mind you asking questions. Pero las mentiras me molestan.

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And, yes, you're right. Our choices, are "fuiste" (preterite) and "ibas" (imperfect).
That is what I understand.