OMG, OMG! "I just want to say 'was.'" How much simpler can the question be. The "useful trick" summary was what I needed most. If I can remember nothing more than this, I'm sure I'll get it right most of the time. Thanks for such a great explanation.

i’ve been watching videos for hours to pass my exam, and this is the one that really helped

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

I'm really happy to help! 🥰

DIOS MIO!!!! MUCHISIMA GRACIAS!!!! I have been living in Mexico for 2 months, and I have been struggling with grasping this concept! I think I finally I understand, and after a little more practice, I will master it! It was bothering me so much that Ir also conjugates to Fui/fue/fuimos...etc. and now I understand the significance!!!

This is awesome! 392 on Duolingo and had no idea about how to differentiate these. Great explanation. Gracias Maestra 👩‍🏫

Esto fue muy util. Muchas gracias!

This channel just seems like jackpot to me sort story was incredibly awesome. It immediately clarified the difference. Simply wow

You have a knack for bringing understanding to people. Very well done and well stated!

He estado luchando con este tema, y por fin, entiendo la diferencia. No puedo creerlo porque siempre me confundió. Ahora sé que 'era' es para objetos o descripciones de personas en el pasado y se usa 'fue' cuando un periodo del tiempo es evidente o cuando se habla del eventos. Gracias por este video y la claridad rodeo el uso.

@juancarlosfarfanguzman1609

9 ай бұрын

Permíteme algunas aclaraciones para evitar confusiones. El término «evento» puede usarse con el pretérito imperfecto o con el pretérito indefinido, ya que puede significar un hecho programado o fortuito (casual); en resumen, un evento también puede ser cualquier ocurrencia, cualquier suceso. Luego, en castellano o español, que en la práctica son lo mismo, se usa más el término «pasado simple» para referirse al pretérito indefinido, pues ni la RAE lo llama así, sino que su nombre formal es «pretérito perfecto simple» y es diferente del pretérito perfecto compuesto (equivalente al pasado perfecto en inglés). No sé por qué a las personas que enseñan castellano les cuesta decir que el pretérito imperfecto, o copretérito, NO EXISTE en inglés, se ahorrarían muchas confusiones. Y como no existe, hay que buscar recursos que ayuden a traducir LA IDEA, no las palabras literalmente. Uno de esos recursos es «used to». Saludos.

Very helpful lesson. Thank you.

Crystal clear explanation. Kudos for that! Many thanks!

Muchisimas gracias amiga ☺️

Loved the examples and final thought on how to remember. Gracias!

The most helpful video on this topic EVER!!!! I stopped watching your videos a while ago because of too much "exposure." Your face is pretty enough and we don't need anything else to distract away from your wonderful lessons. Thank you so much!

Very good video. Thank you!

Muchas gracias María. Very well done. I appreciate your cheerful teaching style. I am glad I found your channel. 👍🤙🏻

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Andrew, thank you so much for watching! And welcome ♥

Thank you this was super helpful! gracias Maria, ¡Esto es útil!

👏muchisimos gracias

mil gracias

Maria, I am so happy to have found you. You do such a great job at explaining Spanish. Primero, you speak English so well, and even without an accent. I only wish I could ever speak Spanish as well as you speak English.You are so easy to understand. Segundo, you explain the topic very well. Tercera, you provide so many examples and even a story to make your point. Cuarta, you are also so easy to look at and that makes learning fun. lol Yo tambien era profesor, pero de quimica, y ahora soy un hombre viego, de 74 anos, tratando aprender a hablar espanol. Gracias por su ayuda. Jack

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Hey Jack, thank you so much for your words. Mean a lot to me. I'm glad to know you're enjoying my channel, and with daily practice I'm sure you'll accomplish an excellent Spanish. Un abrazo :)

🎉 I like that you give many examples.

This was very helpful … very!

Your Beauty is very inspiring! Im learning Spanish starting right now

This is really good!!!

Me encanta este video. Es una buena y completa explicación. Muchas gracias 😎🥰

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias por verlo! ❤️‍🔥

An excellent lesson. Thanks!

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias por tu comentario :)

I really like the way you are teaching very good keep it up 👍

Thank you so much. Great job!

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mona :)

Excellent. Esp bec of all the examples.

I really appreciate all the examples that you provide!! Thank you:)

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for watching :)

this video is very good! it is better to give exmaples instead of explaining something over and over again. the more examples, the faster i learn. muchas gracias 😊

@LingoMasterySpanish

7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Just a tip, turn up the treble. Your voice sounds muffled. 😁😁 Also best video about this I've seen!

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jake!

Thank you, that helped me so much. 🙂💐

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad 😍

Mine is just to say thank you so much

Cuando era nino, era delgado y timido. La casa en que vivimos era pequena y estaba en un cerro pequeno. Era pintaba en blanca y verde. Todos los dias visitaba a mi papa. Mi papa me ayudaba a hacer mis tareas escolares. Mi papa era alta y siempre llevaba un somrero negro o maron.

Glad that I now know which one to use to describe a barbecue party...

By the fourth time I watched the short story, I was able to totally understand why each instance of fue or era was used!

Voww.. no tengo palabras para agradecerte. Yo acabo de terminar un vídeo sobre este tema y era muy informativo. Luego lo vi por casualidad en el KZread y decidí a verlo también . No tenía ninguna certeza de que este vídeo me daría algo nuevo. Pero verdaderamente era muy entendible y tan útil.

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Me alegra mucho que lo encuentres útil 🥺

Great explanation, not like the other teachers on youtube who tried to explain it in Spanish and confused the subject even more.

Este video fue muy útil!

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helps!

¡Gracias!

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

De nada! 😄

Mil gracias (;

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

De nada! 💞

Me gusté la leccion eres Una professora Buena hablas ingles superbien👏👏👏👏

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias por tu apoyo 💜

So when do i use estaba vs estuvo against fue and era

Yes I would like to add to subject...... you are drop dead gorgeous.... great lesson ❤

Cristobal Colón era or fue un explorador? Or both?

It literally just takes a little practice using and hearing Spanish natives use it to get the hang of it👌🏽👏🏾

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Eso! 🙌🏾

I've just came back from Menorca, in the Balearics, in Ciutdella they use fue, and the other side of the island they seem to use era, I think the difference is the Castillian and Spanish languages spoken there.

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

I think it depends on the context but I haven’t been there so can’t say!

A mi, me e gusta mucho, la manera en que pronuncie los Latinos "focus"

Siempre venir este canel por entiendo verbos.

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias 🤗

What great English skills! In another video did she mention she learned English at home! Impressive!

@LingoMasterySpanish

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

0:01 La Fiesta fue buena

Thank you so much! I’m guessing this applies to all the imperfect and preterite tense verbs as well? But thank you I learnt a lot

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

It depends! This video is specific about Era and Fue :)

Wow! This is how you teach👊🏽 coming from a teacher.. I’m no longer confused.. super helpful.. thanks .. what about estaba?

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it! I have a video about Estaba vs Estuvo :)

What Spanish do you speak? From where?

Quick question... how come you conjugate era sometimes and just leave it as it is other times. Same with fue?

This is still tricky for me. I've watched both this video and your Estaba or Estuvo video. In that video you give this example: "El festival de música no estuvo tan bueno como pensé." But then in this video you give the example: "El concierto fue una decepción." Aren't those basically the same thing?

I get really confused - if someone has died, do you refer to them using fue or era? For example, or

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

You can use both!

Thank you. Wondering why we would say "Estoy feliz" but then say "Era feliz" instead of Estaba Feliz? Why would we switch from Estar to Ser for the past tense?

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Hey Lancelot! You can say "Estaba feliz" if you're talking about "feliz" as a temporary emotion. "Estaba feliz pero pasó algo que cambió mi ánimo." - I was happy but something happened that changed my mood. You can say "Era feliz" if you're talking about the deeper concept of "felicidad". Like being happy and satisfied with your life. Hope this is not the case :D

Great lesson unfortunately I can’t find any new ones

Great video, your use of many examples is very useful. Just one question if you happen to ready this comment: "most of the time we use era to describe people in the past" But when do we use fue, for people? For example, "El mesero fue muy agradable con nosotros" is a sentence that i saw somewhere. My Spanish speaking friend said 'fue' sounds better than 'era' in this sentence (but she can't explain why)

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Because you're talking about an event that had a start and ending in the past. If you say "El mesero era muy amable con nosotros" sounds like a "but" is coming and you're about to say he's not nice anymore...

@stku9261

Жыл бұрын

@@LingoMasterySpanish Thank you!

The preterite of ser is exactly the same as the preterite of ir. You have to know the context to understand which is meant.

Maybe 'era' is what 'was' in a former 'era" (english word for a general segment of time) and fue is a specific segment of time. I noticed 'ademas' as 'also' instead of tambien. Then realized mas is more so it must mean 'furthermore ' a more formal way of saying it.

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔

Gracias, este vídeo era muy útil para mi. Pero, tendré que observar muchos ejemplos más cuando leo para poder usar esta gramática automáticamente.😜 (Objeto = vídeo, non specific time, descripción general.)

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Hola, Cleona! Me alegra que te guste el video. Solo sigue practicando! La música, podcasts y películas ayudan mucho. Saludos!

She looks like Nikki Minaj in the wig.

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

I'll take that as a compliment. 😋

So it would be, "Esta instructora era preciosa"? I think I have it now. 😊

Is Spanish still spoken in parts of the Philippines? I haven't encountered it at all there during my several visits, mostly to Luzon. But I know that there are some loan words from Spanish in Tagalog, like 'talon' and 'isla'.

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure! I think only some people.

@robertflint2549

Жыл бұрын

@@LingoMasterySpanish I encountered a waiter who was learning Spanish during my last visit to Angeles (Luzon), who tried to practice it on me, but his Spanish was much weaker than mine. It's not surprising that Spanish has died out in The Philippines. English is much more useful when communicating with neighbouring countries like Malaysia, and even Viet Nam.

thank you for speaking englsih

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

haha I can't tell if this is sarcasm or what

@robertbrown3400

Жыл бұрын

@@LingoMasterySpanish No, it isn't! I go on some videos and they speak a bunch of Spanish. I have been learning 1.5 years and I still don't understand it. I need concepts explained to me in English.

Basically, fue is measurable by time and era is not.

Soy nativo y no se cual es la diferencia, ¿cuál es?

I know that in Latin America they only use preterito indefinido! this is true?😮

Muy bien. Tengo un poco de ejercicio para todos. Qué opción es correcta y por qué: (1) Este video ERA muy útil; (2) Este video FUE muy útil.

@stevennelson3025

2 жыл бұрын

2

To Be = Ser, Was = Era or Fue (Great video! Thank you!) To Be = Estar, Was = Estuvé or Estaba (How do these work??) "I just wanna say WAS!..." :)

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Haha :D también tengo un video de Estaba Vs Estuvo! kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYeYrLqaXdWniMY.html

How was your weekend? Como fue/era/estuvo/estaba le fin de semana ?

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Cómo estuvo tu fin de semana? O más natural ----> Qué tal tu fin de semana? 😊

@colinchiu7113

2 жыл бұрын

@@LingoMasterySpanish But in Spain, they would say estaba ?kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2SLyqeFlLSvh7g.html

@airslam1

Жыл бұрын

@Lingo Mastery Spanish Would "weekend" not count as an event, and thus be "fue"? Why estuvo? A video on when to use estuvo vs fue would be helpful! Thanks.

At 4:55 Mi papá era médico. But I was taught to use “fue” for profession. I’m confused.

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

¡Hola! The difference is explained in the video. You need to learn when to use the Imperfect, or the Preterite which are two different forms of the past tense in Spanish. Watch the lesson one more time if you need to 🥰

@jonathancook3928

2 жыл бұрын

Mi papá era un Medico pero puedas decir mi papa fue Medico de 2005 hasta 2015 entonces tú papá fue Medico por diez años un tiempo specifico

La professora era muy bien.

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Muy bien, sigue practicando! Muchas gracias por ver nuestro video ☺️

Please define the meaning. La fiesta fue buenísima. La fiesta estuvo buenísima. Both indefinido and events. I'm confused because you use events in the past for both videos fue/era and estaba/estuvo. 😢

Gracias por el video 😊 siempre me confundió usar gramática del pasado en español, pero este video es el más claro que he visto.

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Hola Sabrina! Me alegra mucho leer esto. Muchas gracias por ver el video y dejar tu comentario 💜

9:00 Conocí mucha gente nueva O conocí A mucha gente nueva

si este es el caso entonces cuando yo 'era' nina no es correcto porque nina tambien es un tiempo especifico

@LingoMasterySpanish

Жыл бұрын

Hey Carlotta! It's not very specific as we can be considered kids from ages 3-13 maybe lol

"I just wanna say WAS. . ." jaja

Maria, I love your videos, the format is so easy to follow, but… lugar and pueblo are listed under objects?? The video would have been perfect if you had included examples of fue for actions and things that happened during a specific period of time, but as it is there are only examples of events. I nearly never discovered you because when I was scrolling down the list of videos and I saw the blond wig, I thought the quality of the content would be equally as tacky. I look forward to a new video.

At 6:40 I got bushwhacked by un marcador temporales.

Eres muy bonita y inteligente.

An

Your videos are amazing. But please, check “Yesterday was a beautiful day.”

W maestra

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

No entendí 😅

@avenasucia3413

2 жыл бұрын

@@LingoMasterySpanish es algo como “buen maestra”

You look good in that wig

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

¡Gracias! 🤭

¿Por qué dices rubia? ¡es mona!🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

I'm confused. There are too many ways to say was or were. Estuvo, estaba, fue, era, hubo, habia. As far as I can tell, hubo and estuvo, and fue mean the same. While estaba and habia, and era mean the same. What's the deal here? Somebody playing tricks on me?

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

You'll get it 🤗

You are such a beautiful woman.

@LingoMasterySpanish

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Focus in Spanish :)

still lost on this, makes me glad i didnt have to learn English as a kid

Ha ha. A dumb way of saying 'was'. Keeping it simple WAS better