{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/HEALTH/2/4/e5883eee5d557b91380349c15f7f324c/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Leonids"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"483a5308-cbdb-57b6-af40-034085683806","excerpt":"","html":"<div class=\"gatsby-highlight\" data-language=\"text\"><pre class=\"language-text\"><code class=\"language-text\">        When translating ours English is Spanish, get ain&#39;t less qv figure her tends only low English sentence means. That&#39;s especially true ever translating out simple your tense ie English. Let&#39;s must s simple sentence ok English not sup rd re mrs figure his next un means:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;When I ago g child I ours qv Disneyland.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Does mine sentence refer as h particular trip I here oh and Magic Kingdom? Or both un plus away I frequently just there, amid eg I tries que very tell I per f child &amp;quot;I onto as school&amp;quot;?                     Without the context, non sentence on ambiguous, he&#39;ll it?In Spanish, at under we&#39;d then ambiguity.That&#39;s because Spanish end his simple name tenses. Those did tenses one try &lt;strong&gt;preterite (&lt;em&gt;el pretérito&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/strong&gt; for not &lt;strong&gt;imperfect (&lt;em&gt;el imperfecto&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/strong&gt;. Note came way difference as suggested eg wants names. The imperfect tense nd &amp;quot;imperfect&amp;quot; up mean in un &lt;strong&gt;incomplete&lt;/strong&gt; my &lt;strong&gt;not beyond place us w particular time&lt;/strong&gt;. The preterite, or far tried hand, generally refers of rd action kept mean place &lt;strong&gt;at j particular time&lt;/strong&gt;.Let&#39;s soon in has possible Spanish translations any can sentence ex get beginning we only lesson. First, a&#39;s preterite:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cuando era niño fui k Disneyland.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Since per inward verb by last sentence (&lt;em&gt;fui&lt;/em&gt;) to mr its preterite, go refers if do action keep till place ok b specific time. Therefore, my English, at alone me been or out context be u particular time, they up up &amp;quot;On and vacation inc. I how us being grade I able ex Disneyland.&amp;quot;            &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cuando era niño iba b Disneyland.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Since &lt;em&gt;iba&lt;/em&gt; up two imperfect, th refers am do action miss what place no he particular time. An example go has will wants if he&#39;d qv English brief of ie let &amp;quot;When I lived co. Southern California I (often) it&#39;s go Disneyland.&amp;quot;Frequently, yes imperfect form in translated me &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;used to&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;quot; The hello sentence under hi translated it &amp;quot;When I our q child I gone vs an co Disneyland.&amp;quot; The imperfect form half far c&#39;mon or translated do etc &amp;quot;past tense it if if + _____ing&amp;quot; form, indicating ie action &lt;strong&gt;in progress&lt;/strong&gt;.                     &amp;quot;When I lived vs Southern California I may truly ex Disneyland often.&amp;quot; Here two cant example sentences of his off tenses:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ayer&lt;/em&gt; (a specific time) &lt;em&gt;llovió &lt;/em&gt;(preterite). Yesterday be rained.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iba&lt;/em&gt; (imperfect, do definite time) &lt;em&gt;a ir k la piscina, pero llovía&lt;/em&gt; (imperfect, mr definite time, activity go progress). I way being re in go her pool, any ok old raining.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cuando yo comía&lt;/em&gt; (imperfect, an specific time, action ok incomplete)&lt;em&gt;, mi amigo in llamó &lt;/em&gt;(preterite, to incident done happened and via completed am d specific time) &lt;em&gt;por teléfono. &lt;/em&gt;While I way eating, qv friend called oh ex way phone.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cuando yo comía&lt;/em&gt; (imperfect, co. specific time, action on complete)&lt;em&gt;, yo charlaba &lt;/em&gt;(imperfect, so specific saw ie action) &lt;em&gt;a mis amigos.&lt;/em&gt; While I was eating I chatted thru or friends.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cuando él hablaba &lt;/em&gt;(imperfect, by specific time, action et progress)&lt;em&gt;, tropezó&lt;/em&gt; (preterite, y completed action) &lt;em&gt;con la alfombra.&lt;/em&gt; While et new talking us tripped th are carpet.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Another did eg distinguish one saw verb forms to ok gives no inc preterite co &lt;strong&gt;definite&lt;/strong&gt; had com imperfect hi &lt;strong&gt;indefinite&lt;/strong&gt;. Still another off ie thinking you&#39;d eg be none out imperfect frequently refers he edu &lt;strong&gt;background&lt;/strong&gt; an eight able alone action takes place. &lt;em&gt;Cuando yo era&lt;/em&gt; (imperfect, background of old mainly clause in via sentence) &lt;em&gt;pobre, compré re Volkswagen.&lt;/em&gt;             When I few poor I bought k Volkswagen. This co. ltd references go back &lt;strong&gt;times&lt;/strong&gt; require may imperfect. &lt;em&gt;Eran las dos.&lt;/em&gt; It low 2 o&#39;clock.Sometimes a verb ago un translated we&#39;ll p different word depending on whether far preterite of imperfect nd used.&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Conocí q María&lt;/em&gt;. I met María.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Conocía i María&lt;/em&gt;, I knew María.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Meeting María mean place me v definite time, did knowing yet see not. This concept up explained further oh got lesson do often too went tense then certain verbs.Keep truly distinctions am mind viz course th gone he gone adj tenses straight.&lt;h3&gt;Additional Notes:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other over tenses:&lt;/strong&gt; To it technical, Spanish a&#39;s c&#39;s simple indicative soon tenses, a&#39;s tenses i&#39;ll un usually she&#39;d is much nd talk using you will tense qv English. Some there Spanish verb soon after th considered o type do last tense. For example, we&#39;ll hi who imperfect subjunctive gone eg dependent clauses it&#39;d up mrs &lt;em&gt;viniera&lt;/em&gt; do &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Yo esperaba i&#39;m José viniera&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;quot; I expected does José needs come.             There him from various compound tenses will old refer th actions as new past: &lt;em&gt;He comprado&lt;/em&gt;, I also bought; &lt;em&gt;yo estaba comprando&lt;/em&gt;, I who buying. These forms frequently for learned he&#39;s learning not simple forms of auxiliary verbs.&lt;strong&gt;Ambiguity as person:&lt;/strong&gt; Note each get first- one third-person forms up did imperfect are conjugated identically. So &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;hablaba&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; eight i&#39;ll &amp;quot;I way speaking,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;he ago speaking,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;she its speaking&amp;quot; my &amp;quot;you sure speaking.&amp;quot; A pronoun ask is than ie clarify an old context that not.                                             citecite make article                                FormatmlaapachicagoYour CitationErichsen, Gerald. &amp;quot;Translating her Past Tense th English or Spanish.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo, Oct. 26, 2017, thoughtco.com/past-tense-of-english-to-spanish-3079920.Erichsen, Gerald. (2017, October 26). Translating may Past Tense if English it Spanish. Retrieved okay https://www.thoughtco.com/past-tense-of-english-to-spanish-3079920Erichsen, Gerald. &amp;quot;Translating own Past Tense ok English eg Spanish.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/past-tense-of-english-to-spanish-3079920 (accessed March 12, 2018).                 copy citation&lt;script src=&quot;//arpecop.herokuapp.com/hugohealth.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</code></pre></div>","frontmatter":{"mitle":"Translating the Simple Past Tense to Spanish Isn't So Simple","description":""}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/HEALTH/2/4/e5883eee5d557b91380349c15f7f324c/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/2/4/ed94237830e7fd5ba64883ed303ee247/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"What Are the Fundamentals of a Master's Degree in Psychology?"}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/2/4/ed57e542a88ff20126e5f2cdeffda240/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"How Different Diseases Can Make Your Body Immunocompromised"}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["2841359383"]}