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Sentence #831909

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 Zifre Zifre May 8, 2011 May 8, 2011 at 3:23:50 PM UTC link Permalink

@NNC: Español

¿pudo o podía?

sacredceltic sacredceltic May 8, 2011 May 8, 2011 at 3:33:11 PM UTC link Permalink

depends on the frequency of the action.
If it happened once and briefly => pudo
If it was recurrent => podía

Zifre Zifre May 8, 2011 May 8, 2011 at 3:39:42 PM UTC link Permalink

@sacredceltic: Ya lo sé.

sacredceltic sacredceltic May 8, 2011 May 8, 2011 at 3:55:04 PM UTC link Permalink

>Ya lo sé.

then in this case, it can be both...

 Shishir Shishir May 8, 2011 May 8, 2011 at 4:14:51 PM UTC link Permalink

I agree with sacredceltic, in this case both "pudo" and "podía" would be right and both would be natural-sounding sentences, so you can choose the one you like most ;)

Swift Swift May 8, 2011 May 8, 2011 at 4:32:28 PM UTC link Permalink

And even add the alternative. :-)

I've added “cmt on alternative wording” to this one.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #271851No students could answer the question..

Ningún estudiante pude contestar a la cuestión.

added by papabear, April 10, 2011
➜ #271851No students could answer the question.

linked by papabear, April 10, 2011
Ningún estudiante pudo contestar a la pregunta.

edited by Zifre, May 8, 2011
➜ #882330

linked by sacredceltic, May 8, 2011
➜ #882472Nenhum estudante pôde responder à pergunta.

linked by alexmarcelo, May 8, 2011
➜ #882550no tadni pu ka'e spuda lo preti

linked by Zifre, May 8, 2011
➜ #644415Kein Student konnte die Frage beantworten.

linked by marcelostockle, May 24, 2012
➜ #3892669Ни один студент не смог ответить на вопрос.

linked by odexed, February 24, 2015