Ah, finally! My dream: Someone explaining from the point of view of an English speaker but at the same time hearing a native speaker with the examples. This helps me so much. Thank you.
Estar and Ser are easier to figure out than fue and era. You helped a lot. Muchas Gracias. Funny story is that when I write stories for my Spanish teacher I totally leave out the “to be” about fifty percent of the time, she says it’s because in English it’s many times a contraction and insignificant. We get a good laugh every time.
With your guidance here, I just figured an easy mnemonic for knowing whether to use "era" or "fue"! EAT (Event Action Time) for "fue". All others get "era". Soy genio!
I like your mnemonic, just remember when using time when referring to the hour in the past we need to use "era". 🙌🏻👍🏻😎 It was 2pm Eran las dos de la tarde
@@quocho9695 muchas gracias por tu comentario, nos da gusto que te haya ayudado este video Una pequeña corrección para ayudarte. Quieres decir: "Me encanta este video, muchas gracias."
Good video in the same style as when you did estar in both forms. For some reason it was easier for me to understand the difference between estaba and estuve/estuvo. I’m still a little confused on ser. Especially because fui, fue, etc. also mean “went”, right? (Like ir in the past).
@cathyfink5284 you're absolutely right, ir in the preterite has the same conjugation as ser so you can only know the difference from context like "fui a la tienda" (I went to the store) Just remember with era/fue to use the same logic as estaba/estuvo in that descriptions are going to be era (imperfect tense) and time specific or events that are completed will be fue (preterite tense) 👍🙌
Thank you for your reply. What I mean is the background music is a huge distraction. It is simply noise and cheap. I feel that it is very difficult to concentrate on the wonderful lessons you are producing with such background noise.
@@tamil_tamilian you absolutely can! If you do so, you're basically saying the exam was difficult (the event of taking it that's now finished, not describing it as difficult) then adding more information describing the questions were complicated and you failed (preterite one time event) Great question! 🔥🙌👍
If the person is deceased and you're talking about his/her profession, would "fue" be the word to use? I'm assuming so since you know he/she no longer is working that job and so the action is terminated.
@selenepasiphae2067 Darcy and I and others have had multiple discussions about this because it can be confusing! Haha. The truth is that you will hear both era and fue. Some will say fue because of exactly what you said, It's terminated. However, a person is always their profession, so even in the state of death, they still were that profession and that's what you're describing when you use era. Basically, there's no wrong answer to this. You can use either or, and you will hear both.
Ah, finally! My dream: Someone explaining from the point of view of an English speaker but at the same time hearing a native speaker with the examples. This helps me so much. Thank you.
Haha wow thank you so much for your comment! We're so glad our video was helpful for you 🙌👍
I love how you guys go into FULL detail and explanation of the differences! Thank you!
Thank you so much for commenting! We're glad it was useful 🙌🏻👍🏻
@anytimeespanol No prob! 😎 and could u guys do more past present and future verb videos. Like how to master the ending
In my opinion you guys are making the best Spanish learning content on here. I do think the background music is a misstep though - sorry!
@@wrathfarnham thank you so much for the comment!
@@anytimeespanol Hated being that guy but the music is distracting for me.
@@wrathfarnham no worries, we want honest feedback to continue making our videos better and better. We appreciate it!
Estar and Ser are easier to figure out than fue and era. You helped a lot. Muchas Gracias.
Funny story is that when I write stories for my Spanish teacher I totally leave out the “to be” about
fifty percent of the time, she says it’s because in English it’s many times a contraction and insignificant.
We get a good laugh every time.
That is funny! We're so glad the video helped you! 🙌🏻👍🏻
With your guidance here, I just figured an easy mnemonic for knowing whether to use "era" or "fue"! EAT (Event Action Time) for "fue". All others get "era". Soy genio!
I like your mnemonic, just remember when using time when referring to the hour in the past we need to use "era". 🙌🏻👍🏻😎
It was 2pm
Eran las dos de la tarde
Great video. I find these specific comparisons of correct verb tenses to be really helpful.
@margog9604 thank you!! I'm so glad we could help 🙌👍
Gracias!
@@irenanacin ¡De nada!
Thanks!
You're welcome! 🙌👍
Subscribed! Like the content
@@j.h.237 thank you! 🙌
Another great explanation guys. I always find this difficult to understand but now it is getting clearer.
@@KennethFeatley-qn6mr It took me years to understand and it still gets me sometimes! Poco a poco 👍🙌
Bro, you and Darcy are the freaking BOMB. Great video
Haha that actually made me laugh out loud! Thank you!! 😆🙌👍
To me you explained the topic very well, clearly.
Thanks for your hard work ❤
Thank you for the comment! We're so glad we could help! 😎👍🙌
The best Spanish learning channel. Thanks
@@kanwaljitsingh1801 thank you so much! 🙌👍
Muchísimas gracias a ustedes, fue el mejor clase de era/fue que he visto. (I hope I used the correct form there😊!)
Sí lo dijiste bien. ¡Felicidades! 👏 y gracias por tu comentario 😊 😉 👍
Good
Thank you 🙌👍
BroyDarci..Genial..Muchas gracias❤
@@raveendranathankartha1072 ¡De nada! 🙌👍
Me encanta muy este video,mucho Gracia.
@@quocho9695 muchas gracias por tu comentario, nos da gusto que te haya ayudado este video
Una pequeña corrección para ayudarte. Quieres decir:
"Me encanta este video, muchas gracias."
Awesome as alway! Gracias!!!
Qué bueno que te haya gustado. 🙌👏👍
Gracias por esto. Este es el segundo video tuyo que veo y ya estoy feliz de haberme suscrito.
@@ChristopherMurtagh muchas gracias por tu comentario. Nos da gusto 🙌👍
Good video in the same style as when you did estar in both forms. For some reason it was easier for me to understand the difference between estaba and estuve/estuvo. I’m still a little confused on ser. Especially because fui, fue, etc. also mean “went”, right? (Like ir in the past).
@cathyfink5284 you're absolutely right, ir in the preterite has the same conjugation as ser so you can only know the difference from context like "fui a la tienda" (I went to the store)
Just remember with era/fue to use the same logic as estaba/estuvo in that descriptions are going to be era (imperfect tense) and time specific or events that are completed will be fue (preterite tense) 👍🙌
Great content and great structure! Would agree with the other comment that the music is a little distracting. Looking forward to more content!
@marsvids1 ok, thank you so much for the feedback!!
Me ayudaste
@@DrMott nos da gusto 🙌👍. Gracias por tu comentario
you two are really sweet 😊thanks for the lesson
Thank you!! Happy to help! 🙌👍😃
Thank you for your reply. What I mean is the background music is a huge distraction. It is simply noise and cheap. I feel that it is very difficult to concentrate on the wonderful lessons you are producing with such background noise.
@RoryONeill-b3l ok, I now understand you're talking about the videos we made before. Ok, yes, we now no longer use background music 👍🏻
Can we say "El examen fue muy difícil porque las preguntas eran más complicadas de lo que pensaba y por eso reprobé" as well?
@@tamil_tamilian you absolutely can! If you do so, you're basically saying the exam was difficult (the event of taking it that's now finished, not describing it as difficult) then adding more information describing the questions were complicated and you failed (preterite one time event) Great question! 🔥🙌👍
@@anytimeespanol Gracias 👍
If the person is deceased and you're talking about his/her profession, would "fue" be the word to use? I'm assuming so since you know he/she no longer is working that job and so the action is terminated.
@selenepasiphae2067 Darcy and I and others have had multiple discussions about this because it can be confusing! Haha.
The truth is that you will hear both era and fue. Some will say fue because of exactly what you said, It's terminated. However, a person is always their profession, so even in the state of death, they still were that profession and that's what you're describing when you use era.
Basically, there's no wrong answer to this. You can use either or, and you will hear both.