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Sentence

En el cofre había unos libros antiguos.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

In the chest there were some antique books.

Notes

Había es el Pretérito Imperfecto del verbo haber. Igual que en su forma en Presente (hay), siempre se conjuga en la tercera persona del singular, independiente mente de que el complemento que le acompaña esté en singular o en plural: Hay muchos libros / Habían muchos libros.



Analysis


en
     1. prep. in, at, on
     2. prep. in (a time)
     3. prep. in (a language)
     4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
     5. prep. in (in various expressions)
el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
cofre
     1. n-m. chest, coffer, trunk
     2. n-m. safe
     3. n-m. bonnet, hood (engine compartment of a car)
había
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of haber.
     haber
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have
          2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess
          3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)
          4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive)
          5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive)
          6. v. used to denote a past obligation
          7. n-m. asset
          8. n-m. history
          9. n-m. credit side
unos
     1. art. masculine plural of un
     2. det. plural of uno: some, a few
     3. det. (with a specific time) about, approximately
     4. pron. plural of uno: some, a few
libros
     1. n. plural of libro
     libro
          1. n-m. book
          2. v. first-person singular present indicative of librar
antiguos
     1. adj. masculine plural of antiguo
     2. n. (philosophy) the ancients
     antiguo
          1. adj. old, former, erstwhile, quondam, one-time, onetime
          2. adj. old, ancient, age-old
          3. adj. vintage, antique
          4. adj. old-fashioned, outdated, old-style, old-time
          5. adj. long-standing, longstanding
          6. v. first-person singular present indicative of antiguar




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