CursoLección 15/87

Pasado de to be: was / were

"was with I/he/she/it; were with you/we/they. Negation: wasn't / weren't. Question: Was/Were + subject."

La regla

was con I/he/she/it; were con you/we/they. Negacion: wasn't / weren't. Pregunta: Was/Were + sujeto.

To be tiene dos formas en pasado: was y were. Was se usa con I, he, she, it. Were se usa con you, we, they. Para preguntar invertimos: Was/Were + sujeto. Para negar usamos wasn't (was not) o weren't (were not). No hace falta auxiliar do/does en pasado de to be.

Ejemplos

I was tired yesterday.

Ayer estaba cansado.

💡 I -> was

Were you at the meeting?

Estabas en la reunion?

💡 you -> were

They weren't ready for the demo.

No estaban listos para la demo.

She was an intern last year.

Ella fue intern el año pasado.

We were on Slack all morning.

Estuvimos en Slack toda la manana.

It wasn't a good retro.

No fue una buena retro.

Was your manager in the office on Monday?

Estuvo tu manager en la oficina el lunes?

Casos típicos

Sujeto I, he, she, itwas

I was at home.He was late.It was easy.

Sujeto you, we, theywere

You were right.We were busy.They were in Madrid.

Negacionwasn't / weren't

I wasn't there.She wasn't ready.We weren't invited.

PreguntaWas/Were + sujeto

Was he tired?Were you at the stand-up?Were they on time?

Trampas hispanohablantes

I were tired yesterday.I was tired yesterday.

Con I se usa was, no were.

You was at the meeting.You were at the meeting.

You siempre lleva were, aunque sea singular.

Did you were at the meeting?Were you at the meeting?

Con to be no se usa el auxiliar did. Solo invertimos: Was/Were + sujeto.

She didn't was ready.She wasn't ready.

Para negar to be en pasado usamos wasn't / weren't, no didn't.

They was in the office.They were in the office.

They -> were.