Diferencia entre WAS y WERE
Tiempo de lectura: 1 minuto
En el artículo de hoy vamos a hablar sobre la diferencia entre las conjugaciones en pasado del verbo to be, was y were. Estas suelen generar dudas incluso entre estudiantes que ya llevan un tiempo aprendiendo gramática en inglés.
El verbo to be, en el presente y en el pasado es “conjugado” es decir que cambia en función de la persona. Por lo tanto hablando exclusivamente en pasado las conjugaciones quedan de la siguiente forma:
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PERSONA
VERBO TO BE EN PASADO
EJEMPLO
I
was
Last year, I was in California.
you
were
Yesterday, you were with her.
he/she/it
was
She was here, and he was out.
we
were
We were going out, but the plans changed.
you
were
You two were up to something.
they
were
They were worried about us.
En resumen…
… usamos WAS con:
I: I was here yesterday (Ayer estuve aquí).
he: She said he was happy (Ella dijo que él era feliz).
she: I think Ana was running (Creo que Ana estaba corriendo).
it: The dog was digging again! (¡El perro estaba cavando otra vez!)
… usamos WERE con:
you (Tu, singular) : Bob, you were at school, right? (Bob, estabas en la escuela, ¿cierto?)
you (Vosotros, plural): You guys were wrong (Chicos vosotros estabais equivocados).
we: Last month, we were very busy (El mes pasado estuvimos muy ocupados).
they: You believe they were away (Crees que ellos estaban fuera).