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Nesecito ayuda con pretérito y imperfecto.

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¿Cuál es correcto? That night I was lucky because Ken found me attractive. Esa noche tenía suerte porque Ken me encontró atractiva. Esa noche tuve suerte porque Ken me encontraba atractiva. ..... or some other combination?

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updated Apr 10, 2013
posted by theMax

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The preterit, since you're referring to a specific event in the past:

Esa noche tuve suerte porque Ken me encontró atractiva.

If you used tenía, you would introduce other events to describe that you were being lucky that night.

updated Apr 10, 2013
posted by diagonx