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they were

contraction
they're|they are

PRONUNCIACIÓN:

¿Cómo se pronuncia they were en inglés correctamente y fácil?

Pronunciación americana para hispanos. Las letras en negrita se pronuncian más fuerte.

[ellos/ellas fueron, ellos/ellas estaban]
they were
dei wer
Pronunciación de they were
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🇺🇸 IPA americano

ðeɪ wɜːr

🇬🇧 IPA británico

ðeɪ wɜː

DEFINICIÓN:

Traducción y definición de they were. Significados más comunes.

1

they were como contraction

ellos/ellas fueron, ellos/ellas estabanForma del pasado simple del verbo 'to be' para los pronombres 'they'. Indica una acción o estado completado en el pasado.

Dato curioso

'Were' es la forma del pasado simple de 'to be' para todos los sujetos plurales (we, you, they). Es uno de los verbos más antiguos del inglés, derivado del proto-germánico.

ORACIONES DE EJEMPLO USANDO

they were

:

[¿Estaban ellos en casa ayer?]

Were they at home yesterday?

ERRORES COMUNES AL USAR

they were

:

They was happy yesterday.

They were happy yesterday.

El sujeto 'they' es plural, por lo que requiere 'were', no 'was'. 'Was' solo se usa con 'I', 'he', 'she', 'it'.

Were they happy? - Yes, they was.

Were they happy? - Yes, they were.

En respuestas cortas, debes mantener la forma correcta del verbo. Para 'they' siempre es 'were'.

TIPS GRAMATICALES AL USAR

they were

:

1

En preguntas con 'were', invierte el sujeto: 'Were they...' en lugar de 'They were...'. Esta es la estructura interrogativa correcta en pasado simple.

2

Recuerda que 'were' no cambia según el sujeto en plural (we were, you were, they were). Todos usan 'were', no 'was'.

"COLLOCATIONS" COMBINACIONES HABITUALES DE

they were

:

they were able toellos fueron capaces de, ellos pudieron
they were supposed tose suponía que ellos debían

SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS DE

they were

:

Antónimos

they arethey will be

MODISMOS Y EXPRESIONES IDIOMÁTICAS DE

they were

:

"they were having a blast"

ellos se estaban divirtiendo mucho

They were having a blast at the party.

"they were up to something"

ellos estaban tramando algo

I could tell they were up to something suspicious.

JUEGOS Y EJERCICIOS INTERACTIVOS USANDO

they were

:

Were they at home yesterday?

PALABRAS RELACIONADAS DE

they were

:

bewasbeing
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