Niñez
A term used to say a boy used to walk on Tuesdays
What is caminaba?
It was hot. (imperfect)
What is hacía calor?
I was.... (imperfect)
What is Yo era ?
Marcos was tall and skinny.
What is Marcos era alto y delgado/flaco.
She was 8 years old in Mr. Johnson's clase
It snowed. (Imperfect)
What is nevaba?
Yo fui a la escuela la semana pasada.
The two friends were very similar (cognate, plural adjective).
What is Los dos amigos eran muy similares?
What is Nosotros/as los escuchábamos, los miramos ayer.?
They played with their cousins as children.
What is Ellos jugaban con sus primos en su niñez/cuando eran niños.
She walked in the snow a lot. (Unspecified time)
What is caminaba en la nieve mucho?
I used to be ugly. (feminine)
What is Yo era fea.
In La bicicleta, Shakira and Carlos Vives were very good singers. (Vocabulary: don't use; bien, bieno/a, DO NOT WORK.)
What is En la bicicleta, Shakira y Carlos Vives eran muy buenos cantantes/artistas?
Sofía walked every day but she only ran only two days.
What is Sofía caminaba todos los días pero corrió solamente dos días?
It was 9:30 in the morning. (Write out the time.)
Eran las nueve de la mañana.
On the beach, it was cloudy.
En la playa, estaba nublado.
The girl went to her friend's house. (DO NOT USE 's for possession in Spanish!)
We were two friends, one short, one tall. We were very different. (mucho/a does not work, accent mark is needed.)
What is Nosotros/as éramos dos amigos, uno bajo, uno alto. Éramos muy diferentes?
Sean played his guitar on May 10th but played soccer for many years. (Write out the date, remember the verbs for instruments and sports are different.)
What is Sean tocó su guitarra el diez de mayo pero jugaba fútbol por muchos años.
I drank hot chocolate when it was cold. Use (beber)
What is Yo bebía chocolate caliente cuando hacía frío.
It was sunny on the beach, they had music by Gente de zona.
What is Hacía sol en la playa, ellos tenían música de Gente Zona?
My parents were 20 years old when they traveled to Costa Rica. (Correct answers may vary slightly.)
What is Mis padres tenían veinte años cuando viajaron a Costa Rica.
My mom was a little girl when she visited her grandmother in Washington. (CORRECT answers may vary.)
What is Mi mamá/madre era una niña cuando visitaba a su abuelita/abuela en Washington?
Shakira didn't play an instrument in her childhood but she played the guitar last year
What is En su niñez, Shakira no tocaba un instrumento pero tocó la guitarra el año pasado?