Fue and Era

Question

Hi Everyone. Trying to work out the appropriate contextual uses of "fue" or "era". Can anyone help with some examples or general rules around this?

Thanks,

Answer 1

It's hard to answer just in the context of one verb, as these are forms of "ser" - fue is it's preterite form (3rd person singular) and era is the imperfect (1st or 3rd pers. sing.). You may find the following links hepful, plus Paralee's lessons 2.6 - 2.10.

Preterit

Imperfect

Answer 2

Hi LoveIsTheAns

A similar question to your own was just asked. Here is a link to that thread that you might want to have a look at.

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If you still have any specific questions after carefully reviewing the information in that thread please let us know.

The question must be in the air then. Thanks so much. I'm gonna check that out. - LoveIsTheAnswer, Sep 30, 2009