Spanish-language Daily Quiz #10 – Solution

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SELECT ALL THE CORRECT ways of saying "Before I had a car. But now I go around on foot":
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CORRECTS ANSWERS:
E) Antes tenía un auto. Pero ahora me muevo a pie.
F) Antes tenía un auto. Pero ahora ando a pie.

In Spanish there are two different Simple Past tenses, instead of just one as in English. One is called Pretérito Indefinido or Pasado Simple. The other one is called Pretérito Imperfecto. The latter is used in sentences of the kind of “used to”.

For example:

1) I had a car = yo tuve un auto
2) I used to have a car = yo solía tener un auto = yo tenía un auto


Usually, when we use the adverb ANTES (before), we use Pretérito Imperfecto. That is the case with the present exercise.

Beware of the Spanish accent in TENÍA. If you omit it, you have a totally different word. TENIA (without the accent) is an intestine parasite. And the word is pronounced differently.

In English we use the preposition BY when speaking of a means of transportation. For example: by car, by bicycle, by train, by plane. But we use ON for saying ON FOOT.

In Spanish we use the preposition DE when speaking of a means of transportation. For example: de avión (by plane), de barco (by boat), de tren (by train), de auto (by car), etc. But we use A for saying A PIE (on foot).

To learn more on how to differentiate Pretérito Imperfecto from Pretérito Indefinido, and how to use them:

1) https://youtu.be/dP4FB3DcoI0
2) https://youtu.be/7Kt3UhCWu_w

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