Note that whenever we are saying something that can be a translation of "to be" in Spanish we have to be eternally vigilant to remember that there are 2 verbs for "to be" - ser and estar. In most of the examples in this lesson we are speaking about location or where something was at a specific moment in the past. The past of estar is very useful when speaking about where something was in the past and also for speaking about temporary states eg "estuve triste esta mañana" I was sad this morning.
Subject
Auxillary
Spanish
I
was
estuve
You
were
estuviste
He
was
estuvo
She
was
estuvo
It
was
estuvo
We
were
estuvimos
You
were
estuvisteis
They
were
estuvieron
+ I was in Madrid yesterday
+ Estuve en Madrid ayer
- I wasn't in London yesterday
- No estuve en Madrid ayer
? Were you in Paris yesterday?
? ¿Estuvistes en Paris ayer?
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The first line is a in English
The second line line is a translation into Spanish
Use this lesson to learn how to use estar in the past.
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