I have a question that entails using the Spanish imperfect form
I would like to know using the Spanish imperfect form how to say (did you). I will uses the following phrase as and in a question. (Did you) study much when you were younger? Any and all help would be very mush appreciated.
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For your example sentence, I would say something like this:
¿Estudiabas mucho cuando eras más joven?
Having said that, the Spanish verb "to do" is not typically used as it is in English. The "doing" in Spanish is in the verb and how it's conjugated. Yes, I know the verb "hacer" is translated as "to do", but if you tried to attach it to "estudiar" it would sound crazy. I can say "I did something" hice algo or you "did something" hiciste algo.
Another way of saying, but I did is by using the word sí.
I ask you "Did your sister use to study when you all were younger?"
You answer "Ella no estudiaba, pero yo sí". She didn't use to study, but I did.
I'm sure I'm rambling, but I hope this makes a little bit of sense.
