CORRECT ANSWER:
C) Por qué no viajó? Porque no tenía dinero.
Remember to use the accent marks when you have to:
qué = what
que = that
tenía = had
tenia = kind of intestinal parasite
viajo = I travel
viajó = he/she/you (forma) traveled
Pay attention at the difference between these two words:
por qué = why
porque = because
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. In the present exercise the adverb BEFORE is not explicitly present, but it is implied .
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
To learn more about WHY-BECAUSE in Spanish:
1) https://youtu.be/bP_TFta-YS
2) https://youtu.be/w1k9Vtj1mE0
To learn how to use the Spanish accent marks properly:
– https://youtu.be/RC0GxfdlzrQ
