Again era or fue

Question

"El domingo fue mi día favorito" o "El domingo era mi día favorito" which one is correct?

Answer 1

Good answer from el salvador.

Generalizing it a bit:

Fue would be used if you were talking about a specific day in the past. Perhaps describing an especially memorable birthday, and you wanted to comment on that particular day and say it was your favorite day. Or in your case, it would be talking about a specific Domingo.

Era is used for less time-specific, or repeated or habitual events, or things you used to do. Thus, "Domingo era mi día favorito¨ would be used as part of a phrase such as ¨Back in those days, Sundays were my favorite days¨¨

So, as elsalvador said, both could be correct, it just depends on what you´re wanting to convey.

Answer 2

See the sentence which says "El domingo fue mi día favorito" is in simple past tense o preterito indefinido and the sentence which is saying "El domingo era mi día favorito" is in past continuous o preterito imperfecto.... "El domingo fue mi día favorito" significa "Sunday was my favourite day" but "El domingo era mi día favorito" significa "Sunday used to be my favourite day" see the difference ? Both are correct in their own places..... "fue" will come if you're giving an information and "era" will come if you're descibing a situation.... I hope you understood. Gracias

Thank you, elsalvador and rogspax - selkaraka, Nov 27, 2012

con gusto - elsalvador, Nov 28, 2012