Perfecto vs Indefinido

Gareth W.A2KwizIQ community member

Perfecto vs Indefinido

When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)
While I find the Spanish of this page clear, the English is confusingly structured. It starts ...
"In English, we would use I went for all of these cases:"
Which is not necessarily true ..  and later in the lesson it uses went-have been as I would use them.

Asked 3 weeks ago
SilviaKwizIQ Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola Gareth W.

Thanks for pointing this out. You're right that the wording can be confusing, as English can use either the simple past or the present perfect depending on the context.

We're actually currently working on this lesson and reviewing the explanations, so we'll make sure this point is clarified.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

Saludos

Silvia

Gareth W. asked:

Perfecto vs Indefinido

When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)
While I find the Spanish of this page clear, the English is confusingly structured. It starts ...
"In English, we would use I went for all of these cases:"
Which is not necessarily true ..  and later in the lesson it uses went-have been as I would use them.

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