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What is the difference between estaba and estuve ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between estaba and estuve ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Spanish (Colombia)
Estaba es en pasado para una acción.
Ejemplo:
-Yo ESTABA comiendo
-Yo ESTABA cantando
Y Estuve es en pasado para indicar un lugar
Ejemplo:
-Yo ESTUVE en el hospital
-Yo ESTUVE en la casa de mi abuela
- Spanish (Colombia)
aunque también podrías decir:
EJEMPLO:
yo estaba en mi cuarto cuando llamaron a la puerta.
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La diferencia es el tiempo, es decir estaba "estaba comiendo" es decir el día de hoy comiste. Estuve "estuve comiendo" es decir hace mucho tiempo comiste.
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@mikeoso estaba and estuve are similar but estaba is useful for refer to be doing an action, estuve refer to was in a place or on a place
please correct my english if something is wrong
- Spanish (Colombia)
If "estaba" goes with another verb, like "estaba comiendo" it means that you are going to tell about something else that happened at the same time. When you use "estuve" it means that the action is over.
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