My parents didn't have the chance to study.
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Im trying to think how to say thsi sentence in Spanish, but im getting confused between he past tenses.
Would it be "Mis padres no tenían/ tuvieron la oportunidad de estudiar". My guess is tuvieron but im unsure. If people could give explanations to that would be really helpful! Thanks.
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updated Oct 9, 2012
posted by ralphmat
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It would be tenían as it is something that was prolonged... not something that happened once all of a sudden and then stopped 
updated Oct 9, 2012
posted by dewclaw
