Are these both sentences correct?
Paco y María limpiaban la cocina cuando apareció un ratón.
Paco y María estaban limpiando la cocina cuando apareció un ratón.
When to use these forms?
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Answers · 5
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Hi Dominik!
The second one it's like "cause and effect". When you say "Paco y María estaban limpiando la cocina", the person who is listening to you wait for the second part of the sentence. Estaban limpiando + complement. They were cleaning + when a mouse appeared.
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Both sentences are correct and you can use them to say something in past.
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Yes both are correct
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Both sentences are correct BUT in different time forms:
"Limpiaban" is in 3th person prural of imperfect "pretérito"
"Limpiando" is in "Gerundio", normaly with the auxiliary verb "Estar", in this case "Estaban" (prural "Estar" form)
Both mean exactly the same
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both are correct
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