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Please tell me the proper usage of "ir" in this sentence:

Please tell me the proper usage of "ir" in this sentence:

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Please tell me the proper usage of "ir" in this sentence:

¿Por quienes fueron captivado Cervantes?

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¿Por quienes fue captivado Cervantes?

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updated Feb 1, 2010
posted by sinc

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Cervantes is the one being "captivado" so you should use "fue" to match. Also, note that "fue" here does not come from "ir" but rather from "ser".

updated Feb 1, 2010
posted by hyrumt
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Fueron is 3rd person, plural, preterite tense, indicative mood of Ser.

Fue is 3rd person, singular, preterite tense, indicative mood of Ser.

Fueron captivado por... is passive voice: Ser+past participle por agente

To see which is the proper usage, singular or plural, I would invert the question into a statement.

Cervantes fue captivado por quienes.

Now that you see that Cervantes is the subject of the verb, fue; not fueron is appropriate.

updated Feb 1, 2010
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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¿Por quienes fue captivado Cervantes? this is the right one. cause fue is for second person or Cervantes fueron is in reference to ellos or them

updated Feb 1, 2010
posted by juluque
fue is 3rd person, singular here. It can be 2nd person, formal for usted. - 0074b507, Feb 1, 2010
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I think you'd use fueron, becasue quienes is plural. I might be wrong, though. . . ¡Pero espero que sea gran ayuda! grin

updated Feb 1, 2010
posted by june10