No podia venir porque estuve ocupado
I could'nt come because I was busy. Please correct thank you
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I would say "estaba ocupado", but, it does depend on the context of the rest of what you would be saying or talking about. But, since you said podia, you most likely would also use estaba as they are both the imperfect preterite.
I could'nt come because I was busy. Please correct thank you
No podía venir porque estuve ocupado.
I couldn't come because I was busy [at the moment].
I'm not sure why the verbs aren't preterite/preterite, imperfect/imperfect.
No podía venir porque estaba ocupado.
No pude venir porque estuve ocupado.
Is your example similar to this context? I couldn't come (this weekend) because I was busy (when the bus left on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.)
Hopefully, that is an example of a condition that is continuous in the past as I still may not be able to come on Monday while the other was completed in the past.
Sorry,** Mr. Nate**. I didn't see your post. I see that we both have similar questions.
Sorry, Mr. Nate. I didn't see your post. I see that we both have similar questions.
no podía venir por que estaba ocupado
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no pude venir por que estaba ocupado
native spanish speaker.
no podía venir porque estaba ocupado
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no pude venir porque estaba ocupado
no podía venir porque estaba ocupado
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no pude venir porque estaba ocupado
si tienes toda la razón
sorry
es un problema que muchos cometemos :$
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