How to write in Spanish?

Question

How to say with imperfect and preterite in Spanish the following paragraph? " I rode a camel when I travel to Petra in Jordan. I was sweating from walking in the hot desert. My grandma sat down when she couldn't walk any longer ."

Answer 1

Monté en camello cuando viajé a Petra en Jordania (finished action). Yo estaba sudando por caminar en el desierto caliente (long action "the wave"). Mi abuela se sentó cuando no pudo caminar más (finished action)

Answer 2

This is the general guideline. The Preterite tense in Spanish is used to speak of an action that was completed in the past, or that is within a specific time frame, including yesterday, last week, at 10 this morning, in 2007, etc. Examples: El fin de semana pasado mi familia y yo fuimos a San Francisco, (Action is once, completed.) Ayer te llamé por teléfono pero no contestaste. (I called you specifically yesterday and you didn't answer that time.) The Imperfect tense is used as background information on an event, an event or state that occurred in the past for a long period of time, or a recurrent event in the past. Examples: Yo fui al parque ayer. (Only yesterday, completed.) Cuando era niña, me gustaba ir al jardín zoológico. (I always used to do this when I was a child.)

Here is the answer to the sentences above, along with reasons:

Me subí a un camello cuando viajaba a Petra en Jordania. (I rode a camel "got up on one" one specific time; I was traveling for an unspecified period of time, with no clear beginning or end.)

Sudaba mientras caminaba en el desierto caliente. (I was sweating for an undetermined time while I was walking also for an undetermined time.)

Mi abuelita se sentó cuando ya no podía caminar. (My grandma sat down once, but she couldn't walk for a longer period of time that is unspecified.)

I have a variety of fill in the blank exercises, and samples to help the student become familiar with these two verb tenses.

Answer 3

actually it is a little mistake in the sentence.

the correct one should be:

" I rode a camel when I was traveling to Petra in Jordan. I was sweating from walking in the hot desert.

  Monté un camello cuando estaba viajando a Petra en Jordania. Estaba  sudando por caminar en el desierto caliente.

 

or

" I rode a camel when I traveled to Petra in Jordan. I was sweating from walking in the hot desert.

Yo monté a camello cuando yo viajé a Petra in Jordania. Yo estaba sudando por caminar en el desierto caliente.

 

Remember , the time in sentences has to be accordingly, and of course you can change it , as long is between comas.

 

regards

 

Pablo Minaca

 

Answer 4

 

 Cuando viajaba a Petra en Jordania (Imperfecto), monté (pretérito) un camello. Yo estaba sudando por caminar en el desierto caliente. (Yo sudé mucho por caminar en el desierto). Mi abuela se sentó (pretérito) cuando no pudo  (pretérito) caminar más.

Answer 5

Now, when it comes to the Spanish language, it is best to remember to order of which the preterite and the imperfect come in when they are in the same sentence. So, for the first sentence, the imperfect comes first and then the preterite. The second sentence is imperfect. The third sentence is the same as the first. I hope this helped.