Question

Poder preterite tense sentence examples

Answer 1

Some examples for you.
Yo pude hacer mi tarea ayer. Perfect preterite for recent past time, like yesterday.
Yo podia hacer mi tarea rapido cuando tenia diez anos. Imperfect preterite used for remote past time, like years ago.

Ellos pudieron ir a la fiesta el sabado. Perfect preterite, the time of the action is indicated in the sentence.
Ellos podian ir a fiestas los sabados durante su juventud. Imperfect preterite, the time of the action is remote past time and not indicated precisely (durante su juventud).

Ella pudo ir a clases el dia de la tormenta. Perfect preterite poder, the time of the action is specified (el dia de la tormenta) and it is a finished action in the past (ir a clases).
Ella podia ir a clases cuando habia tormenta. Imperfect preterite poder and habia, the time of the action is not specified in the past. There is a condition in this case (cuando habia tormenta) occured in past time.

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