It Was in SPANISH FUE ERA ESTABA ESTUVO Simple Shortcut Lesson

hola and welcome to today's pro Spanish lesson if somebody asks you what was the concert like you could answer that it was terribly terrible you could say it was in Terra sunt they're interesting or you could say it was men'll enjoyable ameno omena guerilla interesante Ameno enjoyable always to describe concert but how would you say it was it was terrible it was interesting it was enjoyable the it was we would use is for where fu he and this comes from the verb to be Sarah so to describe what the concert was like it was would be fair and then whatever your adjective is so how would you say it was terrible what would that be quit there really flipped Riblet how about it was enjoyable it was enjoyable what would that be Frette may not wear minnow it was enjoyable you probably know that to say not it wasn't didn't whatever we just put not at the beginning not no so how would you say it wasn't interesting it wasn't interesting enough where interesante not we're in today Santa so where it was when we are talking about an event an event concert party football match whatever it might be we use sweat it was very useful and very common Spanish descriptive word is under royal under royal is ball or drag if something was really real drag real ball they say own royal under oil so how would you say it was drag it was ball what would that be we're own royal we're own royal to say for me and for you in Spanish is para me and parity say for me is para me te parity para me parity how would you say it was interesting for me it was interesting for me what would that be for interesante para me where interesante but mean how about for me it was terrible what would that be para me flip terribly para me flip terribly so where it was but it's also the question was it same word where was it well into the Sun tip was it interesting how about the question was it enjoyable for you was it enjoyable for you where Ameno but Adi for me no but Adi was it enjoyable for you okay so let's now imagine that somebody's asking you about the party you went to they would ask kettle la fiesta get dal la fiesta how was the party you can actually say with fouette get valve where la fiesta where la fiesta how was the party but it tends to get cut down to get de la fiesta how was the party and because Fiesta is feminine we would have to say where Amina changing the ameno to manner so that it's also feminine where Amina it was enjoyable Deibert Tito is fun divertido how would you say it was fun talking about the the party the Fiesta it was fun what would that be where divert Eva where divert either it was fun how about it was terrible for me who would that be it was terrible for me where there really bother me with terribly but mean so when you want to talk about events and describe events in the past then we use twit what about if it isn't an event but more something that goes on over time for example you might be asked what was it like to study in Madrid what was it like to study in Madrid and you might still want to say interest in bore drag but now because we are not referring to single event we're referring to something that was ongoing we can't use wet so what do we use for it was in this case era era we have to say Edda it was so how would you say somebody asked you what what was it like studying in Madrid it was interesting what would that be Cara ended something it out interasante it was terrible what would that be they are liebelei era they're rebelling how about it was interesting for you but it was drag for me it was interesting for you but it was drag for me and them were not referring now to the concert the event the party the event were referring to this ongoing time at university so how would we say that era interesante parody pero un rio butter me era impetus on tea party pero on the royal para me and maybe in the past you were dating let's say Maria you were going out with Maria and somebody asks you now what was it like going out with Maria what was it like dating Maria and you could say it was fun it was fun how would you say that it was fun era divertido era Liberty though it was fun we are not referring to particular date an event but this ongoing period of time that you were dating Maria and if it was one particular date example the question might be fella not chick gone Maria how was last night with Maria when you went out get dull he would say we're diverted it was fun but when we're talking about this ongoing time that happened in the past when you were going out you were dating Maria then that cannot be described as single event so we use era era and we can use Edda with question just like what was in question was it EDA is also was it as question so sallied is to go out or to date in this context con is with so how would you say was it fun to go out with Maria was it fun to date Maria what would that be era divertido salad gone Maria era divertido salir con Maria and we'll just take brief pause there while mentioned the levels 1 to 6 Pro Spanish course available for download from pro spanish co uk this course takes the complete beginner or near beginner right up to conversational level of Spanish in series of easy-to-follow steps ok so back to the lesson so let's have quick recap before continuing its was so far can be for to say it was interesting it was exciting to describe an event concert party something that happened and era to describe not an event single offense but something that had been going on over some time we would also use era to describe any object in the past by definition describing what an object was like the qualities of an object cannot be an event the object an experience could be an event but an object could not be an event by definition it was something that was ongoing these these qualities so whenever you are describing what an object was like you will never use where so let's say you've come back from holiday and somebody wants to know what was the hotel like it dull LOL get pal LOL you cannot use flip the hotel was not an event so you have to use header so how would you say i'm talking about the hotel it was terrible what would that be header terrible it era their riba lit word that could be used to describe some hotels could be Lucas or Lucas or luxurious we might might use the word posh Lucas or Lucas or how would you say it was posh it was posh it was luxurious what would that be era Lucas or era lujo so how about the question was it posh was it luxurious or that Bay era lujo so era lujo so and in size it could be grande or it could be pequeno smaller grande big but Kenya small how would you say it wasn't small it wasn't small what would that be not era pequeña not era pequeña again so for era it's all to do with things that were ongoing so your time at University at the time going out with or dating Maria these things were ongoing the objects that you are describing from the past all of those need ed up because they are not events but the events would be described with sweat and Edda is used to describe objects in the past things in the past and and people in the past as well didn't forget that where is he she it was EDA he she it was it's just that we focus on the focus in on saying it was but all of these things would also be he was or she was and in terms of it was and he'll she was EDA would tend to have more you'd have more occasion to use header so if you are in two minds about whether to use wet or editor use ADA initially and then bit by bit you can think about whether that was the correct choice whether perhaps you were describing an event and say you could use flip but you'll be right more often than not if you choose header so we've done flip and header which leaves estaba and it's double now stubo has so few occasions to be used that you could just stick with snubber and not bother with the ax stubble for the moment we will cover some of the few times that it is used for it was that estaba is far more far more used than double so if he stuck with this dubba you'd be fine you'll see you'll see why now and before we were using editor to describe what an object was like hotel it could be described what the food was like on your holiday and these are all characteristics of something and it would be the same for the person if you're describing what he or she was like he would be using the characteristics description era and I'm we guapa she was very beautiful very pretty but you don't always described in the characteristic of something say for example the cup of tea could be hot it was hot or it was cold but that isn't characteristic of tea or coffee it's just that at that time your coffee was cold or your coffee was too hot whatever it might be so Galion dip is hot and free or cold caliente hot free or cold so in terms of it was hot and cold will be used with estaba estaba because we're not talking about the characteristic of something as we were before big small posh whatever it might be and something more transient the matter so how would you say let's say we're talking about your coffee how's the coffee it was cold what would that be yes Stuber free yes Stuber free how about it wasn't hot it wasn't hot what would that be no estaba Caliente no estaba Caliente the words for full and empty full and empty Gino Gino and mafia mafia mafia like vacuum but feel say empty general full ba feel empty let's say somebody asked you what was the beach like Catala playa you might want to say it was full meaning it was crowded it was full how would you say it was full and just remember you're talking about la playa which is feminine so how would you say it was full yes estaba en ax estaba en ax and we couldn't say Edda Jenna because that would be talking about who we wanted to describe characteristic as in going back to our hotel big small pot we're talking about something that now is full that maybe later it won't be it's not characteristic it's state state of affairs we could say and how would you say it was empty what would that be it was empty estaba bathia estaba bathia it was empty so estaba when we're saying not what characteristic of something was but what it was like at that at that time another very important use for estaba is to say where something was if you've done any work on dad you'll know that yes dad is used for location is used to say where something is so Stuber anytime you're saying where it was estaba en el coche it it was in the car but my book whatever left there it was in the car how would you say it was in the hotel it was in the hotel what would that be estaba en el oued el estaba en el Adela how about you couldn't find your wallet and then you found it and it was on the beach or in the beach you can use it was on the beach how would you say that estaba in la playa estaba en la playa the hotel could be near the beach hotel say it was near the beach near is cerca de cerca there so how would you say it was near the beach estaba cerca de la playa estaba cerca de la playa so estaba to describe something that isn't characteristic that's something that's more temporary or that's changeable hot cold full empty and to say where it was in fact where was it would be donde estaba donde estaba where was it donde estaba and so that just leaves us with stubo and I'm not going to dedicate this much time because in pretty much any case where you say stubo if you said estaba instead of estuvo it's very unlikely it would be recognized as mistake there is tendency to use tube or more in Latin America than in Spain for example to say it was okay it was okay in Spain the tendency would be very much to say estaba bien estaba bien and in Latin America estaba bien esta bien and there are few more examples like that so let's say it was about to rain for example it was about 2:00 in Spain you would say Saba punto de it was about two estaba punto de Joubert it was about to rain and in Latin America they'd be more of tendency to say yes stubo punta de Joubert to punto de Joubert in spain the tendency would be to say estaba listo it was ready estaba listo it was ready whereas in latin america they might well say stubo listo his stubo listo the point I'd like to get across is that if you say estaba instead of this tubule you will very very rarely be wrong whereas you likely to make more mistakes if you used to ball consistently and that concludes today's pro Spanish lesson as mentioned before if you're looking to become confident and competent speaker of Spanish head over to pro Spanish co uk where you can download the full levels 1 to 6 course