PRETERITE VS IMPERFECT IN SPANISH: THE EASY GUIDE
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Ana fue una pésima novia. Ya no estamos juntos.
Ana was a very bad girlfriend. We are not longer together.
(Ahora ella está con Juan) (Now she is with Juan)
Ana sigue viva. Ana is still alive.
How come you say in Spanish we use Preterite to express that the person doesn’t exist anymore??
normally the context where we use «fue» is in biographies, and if you pay attention when is used «fue» it is when the person it is not alive. and when we want to describe the past we use imperfecto «era». the correct way to say it when you describe a situation in the past would be: Ana era una pésima novia, por eso ya no estamos juntos.