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1 Oct 2022
- Dutch
- English (UK) Near fluent
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Spanish (Spain)
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Spanish (Mexico)
Question about Spanish (Spain)
What is the difference between La reine hablaba con los niños and La reine habló con los niños ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between La reine hablaba con los niños and La reine habló con los niños ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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La reina hablaba... (verbo en pretérito imperfecto del indicativo)
La reina habló... (verbo en pretérito perfecto simple del indicativo)
El imperfecto indica que la acción no está terminada.
El perfecto indica que la acción está concluida.
En una narración, el pretérito perfecto hace avanzar el relato. En cambio, con los verbos en imperfecto, la narración no avanza... Ej.:
La reina hablaba con los niños mientras miraba las flores de su jardín y jugaba con un papel entre sus manos. Pensaba también en los soldados que la cuidaban de cerca, en las damas de la corte, que no paraban de hablar a sus espaldas, y en cómo la amaba su rey. Y de pronto, sin dar explicaciones, corrió hacia el bosque.
Los tiempos imperfectos (hablaba, miraba, jugaba, pensaba, cuidaban, paraban, amaba) dilatan el avance del relato. Describen el lugar o acciones secundarias. En cambio, cuando aparece el pretérito perfecto «corrió», pasamos de la escena donde "la reina hablaba...", a una escena donde la reina corre hacia un bosque. Entonces, el relato avanza...
Resumido:
La reina hablaba con los niños. (es una acción pasada, pero no sabemos si ha terminado o no)
La reina habló con los niños. (es una acción pasada, pero sabemos que esa acción ha terminado.)
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- Spanish (Spain)
Do you mean the queen? it's "La reina". For me, both mean the same thing, the action took place in the past haha but In the first sentence it can be a recent action but still In the past.
- Dutch
- English (UK) Near fluent
@silvanatavara I mean queen, yes. I don't understand when to use which form, because both are for actions happening in the past
- Spanish (Spain)
@Rick125 according to the other response. You use "hablaba" when the action it's in the past but can still going and "habló" when you are sure that the action finished.
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