Time in a new country: 'estar' imperfect, relative pronoun 'que'
I can understand accounts of moving to a new country including 'estar' in the imperfect tense and the relative pronoun 'que'.
Time in a new country: 'estar' imperfect, relative pronoun 'que'
I can understand accounts of moving to a new country including 'estar' in the imperfect tense and the relative pronoun 'que'.
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Key learning points
- Use 'estar' to mean 'to be, being' for a mood, state or location.
- Use 'estaba' to mean 'I was' for a mood, state or location in the past.
- Use 'estabas' to mean 'you were' for a mood, state or location in the past.
- Relative pronouns can be used to give extra information about someone or something e.g. 'who' or 'that'.
- In Spanish, you can use the word 'que' to mean both 'who' and 'that'.
Keywords
Estaba - I, she, he, it was
Estabas - you were
Que - relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'that'
Common misconception
The only translation of 'que' is 'that'.
In Spanish, 'que' can mean different things depending on the context in which it's used. For example, it can mean 'who' or 'that' as a relative pronoun, or 'than' within a comparative structure.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
to attend, attending
to fulfill, fulfilling
to be born, being born
to hear, hearing
to recognise, recognising
to feel, feeling
doubt
star
husband
midnight
population
root
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
to be, being
I am
you are
I was
you were