era/ estaba

Petra D.B1Kwiziq community member

Why is estaba used in the sentence-

Después del baño, estaba muy calmado y feliz.

Why not era. Is it because describing feeling in the past?

Asked 1 year ago

Jason M.C1Kwiziq community member

you are describing a feeling - so you must use estar. era is the imperfect of ser.

Like01 year ago

Why is estaba used in the sentence-

Después del baño, estaba muy calmado y feliz.

Why not era. Is it because describing feeling in the past?

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