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What is the difference between "habĂa" and "hubo" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between "habĂa" and "hubo" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Spanish (Mexico)
"HabĂa" means There was something and now there it isn't anymore
For examaple.
"Habia una galleta en la mesa."
So it means now there it isn't (Someone ate it)
"Hubo" means Something that happened (Yesterday, A week ago)
Example:
"Hubo una fiesta"
When ? It could be last night.
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- Spanish (Mexico)
"Hubo" is an event at a point in certain time and "habĂa" is like a general description. The preterite version "hubo" implies that whatever "was" there is no longer , while "habĂa" doesn't specify.
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