spanish three
there is a blank in the middle of a sentence and i have to fill the blank with an answer. 1.) El ano pasado, nosotros _________una playa nueva. my teacher said the verb is conocer and its in the nosotros form. but how do i know if its supposed to be in the preterit or imperfect?
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Clues - it refers to "el año pasado" so it's somewhere in the past. When you "conocer"ed a new beach was this a one off or an on-going thing? I don't mean what happened after you encountered it; I mean the action of encountering it. Go look at the conjugation of conocer and see what fits these clues. Tell us what you think and we'll be happy to help.
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Well here are some clues: (1) a time frame is given; (2) the "knowing" of the beach was a point in time; (3) it was not a recurrent event.
With those thoughts give it a try. Post your answer and reasoning and we will help you if you still need help.
Use the preterit if you knew (discovered) a new beach and the action stopped. If there is no certainty of when this action ceased (quite doubtful in your case) then use the imperfect.