Emergencia! Ayuda con Preterito o Imperfecto

Question

Por favor, mira la foto y correcta los verbos. D:!

Hello, welcome to the forum! As Geofc has stated. You will need to make an attempt and post this correctly and we will help with any necessary corrections. - rac1, Nov 16, 2012

Annie, this student did his homework. This a screenshot of his work. - francobollo, Nov 16, 2012

Typo: I meant to say "This is a screenshot..." - francobollo, Nov 16, 2012

That's great..Franco..then we can help with corrections since this is in fact, his attempt. - rac1, Nov 16, 2012

Answer 1

Hi Megusta.. Here are my corrections to the pull down menu choices you've already made:

Estaba muy guapa. (A temporary condition... she looked beautiful, so use the imperfect)

Había mucha gente. (Temporary condition. Had you come at another time there could have been fewer people, hence the need for the imperfect)

En la entrada, un hombre vendía recuerdos y una mujer leía las manos (these were actions taking place at the precise moment of your visit, therefore the imperfect is required)

Durante el viaje conversamos mucho (you are no longer conversing, The trip is over. So, the preterite is required).

Cuando llegamos a casa (same reason).

Ya eran casi las diez.. (you are describing a moment in time)

Fue un día maravilloso (Era would be used if you were describing the weather you were having. But the logic of the story says you are summing up your day, so the action ended)

Lo pasamos muy bien juntas (again, the trip ended)

Thank you! You're explanations are very clear and easy to comprehend. However, for the last one "pasar", do they no longer get along if I use preterite? - megustacomida, Nov 16, 2012

They are talking about how good a time they had (to have a good time -- pasarla bien in Spanish). So you need to use the preterite. - francobollo, Nov 16, 2012

Oh okay. Thank you again! - megustacomida, Nov 16, 2012