Iba vs Fui

Question

I know they both meaning went in the different forms but which is the difference on when they should be used? Thanks!

Answer 1

It's the same as the difference between the imperfect tense and the preterit tense in the other verbs.

Imperfect is something that used to happen, or happened for a long time. Preterite is for something that happened at a particular time.

So iba means: "you used to go", or "you were going", while fue means "you went".

Thank you so much - aztecsoul, Apr 25, 2010

Answer 2

Hello. Iba is the imperfect form and fui is the preterite form. There's a lesson on when to use the perterite and when to use the imperfect here: link

and this page has explanations of when to use both: link

Thanks - aztecsoul, Apr 25, 2010

You're welcome. - MacFadden, Apr 25, 2010

I fixed your links. - Gregory84, Feb 8, 2012

Thanks for the links! - LeoTM, May 3, 2016

Answer 3

"La gracia me ha mantenido a salvo hasta ahora . . . " Can you say a few words abt the Spanish way of placing a pronoun ["me" ha mantenido] before the verb? I know it;s arbitrary, probably.

Please post this as your own question, thanks - SonrisaDelSol, Feb 8, 2012