Simple Past

Simple Past Verb

Hector’s parents settled in California.

Jessica’s parents paid for her college expenses.

Los padres de Héctor se establecieron en California.

Los padres de Jessica pagaron sus gastos universitarios.

Past Proggresive

Was / Were+ Base Form + -ing

Hector was working long hours.

Héctor trabajaba muchas horas.

Present Perfect

Has / Have+ Past Participle

Hector’s mother and I have becomegood friends.

This is an intercultural marriage that has worked.

La madre de Héctor y yo nos hemos hecho buenos amigos.

Este es un matrimonio intercultural que ha funcionado.

Past Time: Habitual or Repeated

Used to+ Base Form

I used to thinkI would marry a Hispanic woman.

Solía pensar que me casaría con una mujer hispana.

Would+ Base Form

We would go to family gatherings every weekend.

Íbamos a reuniones familiares todos los fines de semana.

Past Perfect

Had+ Past Participle

By the time Hector was born, they had earned their American citizenship

Cuando nació Héctor, se habían ganado la ciudadanía estadounidense.

Past Perfect Progressive

Had been+ Base Form + -ing

I realized I hadn’t been giving Hector’s family a fair chance.

Me di cuenta de que no le había dado una oportunidad justa a la familia de Héctor.

SIMPLE PAST

Use the simple past to express an action or state occurring at a general or specific time in
the past.

• a general time

• a speci±c time

Jessica wanted to fnd the right person to marry.

Hector met his Future wife during his senior year in college

Jessica quería encontrar a la persona adecuada para casarse.

Héctor conoció a su futura esposa durante su último año en la universidad.

About intercultural marriage weren't common because people didn't want to share their
cultures. In my country I haven’t heard anyone say that intercultural marriages are prohibited.
For example: My cusin was working long hoursin other country and he married with a German
woman forty years ago. He used to live with their parent but not now.

….

My cousin's parents disagreed with this dessition. When my cousin told this to his parents, his
parents had already decided she couldn't live with them.

What about you??

BEFORE

Really?

Omg, thats a god experiece.

Yerah, for example: The way people met was through trips outside the country. Some people
traveled to get married. To improve their lives or something.
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