Can a preterite and imperfect tense can combined in a single sentence'?
Can a preterite and imperfect tense can combined in a single sentence'? For instance "la primera vez (pret) conocimos vivía en Londres "
The first time we met I was living in London.
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Of course. La primera vez que .... I think you need a clarifier (subject pronoun) in the Spanish part (vivía=I was or you were') yo vivía en Londres.
As long as you are talking about something that occured in the past and was completed (ended) in the past
Not only they can be combined in a single sentence, but, prototypically, the imperfect normally appears with the preterite.
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lazarus1907 said:
Not only they can be combined in a single sentence, but, prototypically, the imperfect normally appears with the preterite.
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La primera vez que nos conocimos yo vivía en Londres.
The above looks fine to me, but I think if I were going to translate that English sentence I would say "Vivía en Londres cuando nos conocimos por primera vez." I think we could also say "Estaba viviendo en Londres cuando nos conocimos por primera vez."
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