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Still freezing every time you tell a story in Spanish because you don’t know whether to say fui or era? In this lesson, you’ll finally understand the difference between the Spanish preterite/past simple (pretérito perfecto simple) and the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto) — with super clear rules, lots of examples, and a quiz at the end to make sure it sticks.

You’ll learn:
- When to use era for description, habits, background context, and reported speech
- When to use fui / fue for completed events at a specific moment
- The key meaning shift: era simpático vs fue simpático
- A shocking “plot twist” 😳

Perfect for intermediate Spanish learners (A2–B2) who want to speak more naturally and stop second-guessing past tenses.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:51 General explanation
01:27 Imperfect past: conjugation
03:00 Imperfect past: explanation and examples
04:34 Simple past: conjugation
05:49 Simple past: explanation and examples
06:27 Era vs. Fui
08:33 Quiz