How do you say "How were you feeling yesterday?" or "How did you feel yesterday?"

Question

I am wanting simple past preterit or imperfect is okay too if that is correct. Here is my best guess:

¿Cómo se sintió ayer?

reason for the "se": this is a reflexive verb, correct?

If the imperfect tense is more correct then ...

¿Cómo se sentía ayer?

Thanks much...

NatBe - San Diego

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Answer 1

Adding to what Salvador said.

"How were you feeling yesterday?" = ¿Cómo te estabas sintiendo ayer?/¿Cómo te sentías ayer?

"How did you feel yesterday?" = ¿Cómo te sentiste ayer?/¿Cómo te sentías ayer?

Answer 2

If it's formal then it should be: ¿Como se sintió usted ayer?

If it's informal then it should be: ¿Como te sentistes ayer?

:) muchas gracias mis amigo.. - rac1, Aug 1, 2014

Mi Amigo, Annie,, I think you made typo error .. hehe - 00b055e0, Aug 1, 2014

I mean .. "a typo error" .. see .. I made one too .. hehe - 00b055e0, Aug 1, 2014

Si Jimmy, tiene razón. Gracias por la corrección. :) - rac1, Aug 1, 2014

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Ray, you are hilarious. - rac1, Aug 1, 2014

Answer 3

Thanks everyone for your answers! This is great! Very prompt.

Ok now fill out your profile and we will all be happy little Possums . - ray76, Aug 1, 2014

My profile has been in there since rac1 asked for it last night... - natbe, Aug 1, 2014

Thank you, amiga. :) - rac1, Aug 1, 2014

¡Muchas gracias! Thanks for trying to be a better service provider by learning a 2nd language! - Esteban3304, Aug 2, 2014

Gracias. Mi amigo preguntame enseñarle una frase en español hablar con su pacientes. So here Iis where I landed... - natbe, Aug 2, 2014

Answer 4

I'd say your guesses are correct. It depends on what you want. "How did you feel yesterday?", depending on the overall context might more likely require the past tense. "How were you feeling yesterday" most likely would require the imperfect, again, depending on the context. Your Spanish, for both possibilities, is fine, unless you are speaking to someone that you are familiar with, a relative, friend, or someone who is much younger than you (a child). Then "te" would be the pronoun and the 2nd person singular form of the verb would be required.

I am assuming, based on the context, that only one person is being asked this question. Otherwise, you'd have to use plural forms. - Esteban3304, Aug 1, 2014

Yes just a single person. this is a medical social worker speaking to adult patients so it would be formal . Thank you! - natbe, Aug 1, 2014

I have an excellent book entitled "An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers" 2nd edition, by Robert O. Chase and Clarisa B. Medina de Chase. It has an accompanying audio cd. There are, of course, many books published on this theme. - Esteban3304, Aug 2, 2014

yes, thank you for the recommendation. I did see it actually at the library yesterday. My friend talks about services not really medical details... but that is an interesting book. - natbe, Aug 2, 2014

Answer 5

both are correct

sentías: If you want to say it in general about yesterday. (less direct)

sentiste: If you want to say it about a certain part of the day (more direct)

However; in this context: I would use encontrarse bien/ mal.

Yes you have to use the reflexive.

jphip: in the context of what would you use encontrarse bien/mal? in the more direct context? In the inquiring of someone's physical state? This is an inquiry of someone's physical state. - natbe, Aug 1, 2014

Answer 6

There can be various ways to say it ..

Two of the best ones I can think of right now ..

1. Como te encontrabas ayer, como te encontraste ayer (informal), como se encontraba ayer, como se encontró ayer (formal).

2. Como te sentías ayer, como te sentiste ayer(informal), como se sentía, como se sintió ayer .. (formal)..

And I think you can aslo say .. Qué tal estabas ayer or Qué tal te encontrabas ayer ..

It is "how were you feeling physically yesterday?" and then also the question "how were you feeling emotionally?" also is a good question. Then add the word emocionalmente in there is what my friend has been doing. - natbe, Aug 1, 2014