Un empacho, también conocido como dispepsia, es una indigestión, producida por una ingesta excesiva de comida.

Hi John! I think that the best way to establish the difference between HUBO y HABÍA, or any other verb for that matter used in these tenses, is to understand some basic grammar and apply the corresponding usage rules ;) Don’t forget, though, that in the end it will always depend upon what you actually want to communicate. There are many case scenarios where both can be used. I’ll try to explain: HUBO (Pretérito) is the preterit(e) tense/form of HABER. HABÍA (Imperfecto) is the past imperfect form of HABER. Both of these tenses of the verb HABER talk about situations in the past. Don’t forget that in English we only have one past (Simple past) and if we want to change its connotation, we use modal words like: should, would, may, etc. These words do not exist in most cases in Spanish; they are included in the verb e.g. I will go - Iré (In Spanish we don’t even have to specify the subject; it’s included in the verb form) Remember that we use the preterit(e) (HUBO) to talk about past actions or situations that happened (took place) at a concrete moment in the past. In your sample sentence, you are using the complement of time “Yesterday” and you are just stating what happened at a concrete moment in the past. Yesterday, THERE WAS a dog in the park. Ayer, HUBO un perro en el parque. On the other hand, the imperfect past tense (HABÍA) is used, among others: (1) to talk about an ongoing action or situation in the past or (2) to refer to circumstances affecting or involving a past event. If we use the former sample sentence: Yesterday, THERE WAS a dog in the park (while I was taking a walk). Ayer, HABÍA un perro en el parque (mientras tomaba un paseo). [Ongoing action(s) or circumstance(s) involved in a past event] Hope this was helpful ;)

Hola Roger, In both sentences, “se” es un pronombre átono o de complemento (complement pronoun); in both cases, “se” is used as an indirect object. When we have both objects (direct + indirect) in a sentence, we need to use “se” e.g. Juan vendió UN AUTO. LO vendió barato. [un auto/Lo (DIRECT OBJ)] Compré el auto A JUAN. LE compré el auto. [a Juan/Le (INDIRECT OBJ)] SE LO compré. “Se” (IND OBJ.) “lo” (DIR OBJ.) “Se” Forma átona del pron. pers. masculino y femenino. Sing. y pl. de tercera persona Hope this super brief explanation and example helped ;)

Hi Ahmed! There are two main types of conditional sentences: REAL and UNREAL. REAL conditional sentences refer to situations that are either true or possible (The case in your example). UNREAL conditionals refer to situations that are untrue, impossible or hypothetical; conditional sentences of this type are often described as being contrary-to-fact e.g. If I were an eagle, I would fly.(This is just plain impossible) The fact that "Si pudiera" (If I could...), "Compraría..." (I would buy...) is a clear example of a REAL conditional Hope this helps ;)

Hello Rebecca, If there are any semantic differences, I honestly don’t know how to classify them. Nonetheless, I do think that translating them into English might help you. 1a. We have Spanish classes every Tuesday. 1b. We have Spanish classes each Tuesday. 1c. We have Spanish classes on Tuesdays 2a. We take some sort of trip every weekend.** 2b. We take some sort of trip each weekend.** 2c. We take some sort of trip on weekends.** ** I translated them literally, but if I were to structure them in English, I would say: We go somewhere (every/each/on) weekend(s) Hope this is helpful!

The corrections you have received are totally correct. In order to keep proper agreement (Indefinite pronoun + sing verb), the 3rd. person singular form must be used. Search the web for "Indefinite pronoun agreement" and you should find lots of info about it. I don’t see why you mention subjunctive mood; there is no contrary-to-fact or wish mentioned in such sentence. Unless you meant to say: “I wish everyone had a hobby” in which case you would use the past participle form of the verb (have), and not its simple (bare) form. Other verbs you could use for “having a hobby” could be “get/pursue a hobby” Hope this helps!

Buenas Montrel, Yo diría algo como: “…me (pasé/sobrepasé) el (cruce/giro) correspondiente”

Hi! I would say something like: I'm truly sorry to hear that, I hope everything turns out alright for you and your family.