· Was /
Were son la forma de pasado del verbo TO BE
AFIRMATIVA
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NEGATIVA
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INTERROGATIVA
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I was
You were
He was
We were
You were
They were
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I was not
You were not
He was not
We were not
You were not
They were not
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Was I ?
Were you?
Was he?
Were we?
Were you?
Were they?
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Puede traducirse como "ser" o "estar", dependiendo
del contexto de la frase.
- My mother was a teacher / Mi madre era
profesora.
- You were a good teacher / Eras un buen profesor.
- He was here yesterday / Él estuvo aquí ayer.
- We were in France last month / Estuvimos en
Francia el mes pasado.
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Cuando estamos hablando hipotéticamente o expresando un
deseo suele
emplearse "were" para la primera persona.
- If I were you, I would accept that job / Si yo fuera
tú, aceptaría ese trabajo.
- If I were a rich man, I would buy a yacht / Si fuera
rico, compraría un yate. |