And I wanted to ask if any of you know the difference between Indefinido and Imperfecto in Spanish?
Is it true? :
Imperfecto is used when something has happened again and again in the past and when describing something.
Indefinido is used when something happens once in the past. (eg I got a laptop for my 12th birthday, I went on vacation or I met my favorite singer)?
Can it be differentiated like this?
Yes, you can distinguish that. It is quite simple, indefinido you have only with completely completed actions.
Ok, many thanks 🙏
Here you will find a comparison of the two tenses:
https://espanol.lingolia.com/de/grammatik/zeiten-gegenueberstellung/imperfecto-indefinido
Thank you
It's easy, but you have to think Spanish. The sticking point is that the indefinido describes sequential, the imperfecto simultaneous. That's actually it all
Successively, e.g. Chronicles, CVs, daily routines, interviews, actions completed in the past. Incidentally, it is included that the action is no longer valid today.
Simultaneous, that is e.g. Simultaneous actions taking place, everything that happened during the period (ie at the same time) was: background information, the circumstances and habits of the day and incomplete actions in the past.