Why – questions

El pasado del verbo to be no tiene formas contractas o reducidas para el afirmativo. Es decir, no puedes decir  I's  como reducción de I waso  You're  en lugar de You were.

En cambio, puedes usar contracciones en el negativo: I WASN'T en reemplazo de I was not y YOU WEREN'T en lugar de You were not.

IMPORTANTE:

I WAS significa tanto YO FUI (del verbo SER, no de IR) como YO ERA lo cual suele confundir a muchos estudiantes hispanohablantes. Observa estos ejemplos:

All his life he WAS a teacher.

Toda su vida él FUE maestro. << aquí FUE no deriva del verbo IR(decir: "Toda su vida él ERA maestro" es incorrecto en español).

My grandfather WAS Italian.

Mi abuelo ERA italiano. << aqui queda mejor usar ERA que FUE.

TRY TO REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING ...

The past of the verb to be no forms contractas or reduced to the affirmative. That is, I can not say I's and reduction waso You're instead of were.

Instead, you can use contractions in the negative: I Was not in place of II was not and you were not in place You were not.

IMPORTANT:

I WAS I WAS means so much (from the verb BE, not IR) and I WAS which tends to confuse many Spanish-speaking students. Look at these examples:

All historical life I WAS a teacher.

All his life he was a teacher. << Here was not derived from the verb IR (say: "All his life he was master" is incorrect in Spanish).

My grandfather WAS Italian.

My grandfather was Italian. Here << is better to use was that it was.

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