Dominik
Are these both sentences correct?
Paco y María limpiaban la cocina cuando apareció un ratón.
Paco y María estaban limpiando la cocina cuando apareció un ratón.
When to use these forms?
23 nov. 2016 17:02
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Hi Dominik!
The second one it's like "cause and effect". When you say "Paco y María estaban limpiando la cocina", the person who is listening to you wait for the second part of the sentence. Estaban limpiando + complement. They were cleaning + when a mouse appeared.
24 november 2016
1
Both sentences are correct and you can use them to say something in past.
23 november 2016
1
Yes both are correct
23 november 2016
Both sentences are correct BUT in different time forms:
"Limpiaban" is in 3th person prural of imperfect "pretérito"
"Limpiando" is in "Gerundio", normaly with the auxiliary verb "Estar", in this case "Estaban" (prural "Estar" form)
Both mean exactly the same
28 november 2016
both are correct
24 november 2016
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Dominik
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