In the sentence "she didn't have a good home", would it be "ella no tuvo un hogar bueno", "ella no tenía un hogar bueno", or something else? basically, is tener supposed to be in the past or imperfect tense?
2007-11-10 05:19:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It could be either one, depending on whether you refer to a one-time event or a ongoing situation.
You can put the adjective either before or after the noun it modifies. If before, drop the final "o".
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2007-11-10 05:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The second - slight change of word order - ella no tenía un buen hogar. Imperfect tense. The afjecetive 'bueno' usually comes before the noun and, in its masculine form, then loses the final 'o'.
2007-11-10 05:24:52 · answer #2 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The concept is very simple. If the past is a "perfect past" is "tuvo", if not is tenia. For instance if you are in the present reporting this fact..so it is finished = tuvo. But if you are trying to describe a situation, as an author for example, you must be also in the past, don't you agree? so you can use "tenia", because you are describing the scene...in english there is no this kind of diference...
2007-11-10 05:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by gilbholl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ella no tuvo un buen hogar
2007-11-10 05:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by cindy11489 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋