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Using Había
Can I use había without the perfect past tense. For example: En el año 1776 no había otro paíse solo colonias en el continente Americano. Is this correct? If I need the perfect past tense, how would I use it with this sentence. Thank you.
Aug 7, 2020 8:32 PM
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it´s correct,
I'm a native spanish speaker, i can help you to practice if you help me to practice too.
have a great weekend.
August 7, 2020
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Could you write the sentence in English? I'm not sure what do you want to say...
You can use only había, or you can use había +participle like ----> había jugado
August 7, 2020
1
If I am not mistaken, "hubo" is more appropriate, since you've specified a year ("1776").

Examples:

Había mucha desigualdad en el pasado.

Hubo mucha desigualdad en 1923.

Note that I'm not a native Spanish speaker, so this explanation might possibly be completely wrong :)
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Don Ricky
Language Skills
English, Spanish
Learning Language
Spanish
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