Imperfecto Vs Indefinido

Harsh K.B1Kwiziq community member

Imperfecto Vs Indefinido

"El anuncio decía que" shouldn't we use "Indefinido" here, as the action we're talking about was done yesterday. We are not describing here?

This question relates to:Spanish writing exercise "A stunning car in the newspaper"

Freeform Writing Exercise A2

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola Harsh

The imperfect is used here in "el anuncio decía.." because this is seen more as a descriptive situation (as in the ad "was saying..."), background information.

Here are two lessons that will help.

Imperfect to describe past

Imperfect vs Preterite

Saludos

Inma

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Marsha C.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

You are describing the advert in this sentence.

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Harsh K. asked:

Imperfecto Vs Indefinido

"El anuncio decía que" shouldn't we use "Indefinido" here, as the action we're talking about was done yesterday. We are not describing here?

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