Esperaba y deseaba

Question

Si voy a escribir o decir;I was waiting and hoping but she never rang,is it ;yo esperaba y deseaba pero nunca ella lamada'

Answer 1

Gracias a todos,entiendo ahora.

Answer 2

I would say:

Yo esperaba y rezaba pero ella nunca llamaba.

Answer 3

The problem you run into here is that one verb (esperar) means both waiting and hoping. You could say I was waiting and praying, or waiting and wishing, or some such thing. Oh, and by the way, the last part of the sentence should be "pero ella nunca me llamó".

Answer 4

the "was" form is the imperfect tense ie in the past but continuing. You are correct in the forms you have used except when she didn't ring it should be the preterite ie past and instant ie ella no llamó