Escogiendo ser/estar y preterito/imperfecto
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I texted my friend to find out how the party was: I wrote "¿Cómo estaba su fiesta?". He responded with "¡Estuvo buenisima!". Should I have used ser? Why did he respond in the preterit? Thanks for your help!
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updated Oct 4, 2011
posted by wanda8
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Well, we would actually have used ser here, but this can be regional...
¿Cómo fue la fiesta? Fue muy divertida.
updated Oct 4, 2011
posted by 00494d19
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Your friend used estar so I see no reason why you should have used ser. Since the party is completed the preterite makes sense here.
updated Oct 3, 2011
posted by fatchocobo
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both estaba and estuvo are estar, estuvo (preterite) is correct in this case because the party is completed and it ocurred during one definite period of time. also estar is correct, not ser
updated Oct 3, 2011
posted by jz900
