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GRAMMAR (grámar) |
Se utiliza “there was” y “there were” para formar oraciones en el pasado en singular y plural respectivamente.
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Present |
Past |
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Singular |
There is (hay) |
There was (había, hubo) |
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Plural |
There are (hay) |
There were (había, hubieron) |
Use of “there was”
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Affirmative form: Negative form: Interrogative form: Long affirmative form: Short affirmative form: Long negative form: Short negative form: |
There was a cave in the past. There wasn’t a cave in the past. Was there a cave in the past? Yes, there was a cave in the past. Yes, there was. No, there wasn’t a cave in the past. No, there wasn’t. |
Use of “there were”
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Affirmative form: Negative form: Interrogative form: Long affirmative form: Short affirmative form: Long negative form: Short negative form: |
There were caves in the past. There weren’t caves in the past. Were there caves in the past? Yes, there were caves in the past. Yes, there were. No, there weren’t caves in the past. No, there weren’t. |
Very important:
“There was” se utiliza también para sustantivos no
contables.
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Was there accomodation in the past?
(uás der acomodéishon in da past?) |
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No, there wasn’t accommodation in the past.
(nóu, der uásent acomodéishon in da past.) |