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Phrase · 🧸 Childhood memories

Antes no había internet en mi pueblo.

There used to be no internet in my village.

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Why every word is where it is

Antes1adverbbeforenoadverbnot, nohabía2verbthere was, there werehaber · imperfect · 3rd sing.internetnouninternetmasc. · sing.enprepositionin, on, atmideterminermy1st sing.pueblonounvillage, small townmasc. · sing..
  • había → internet: existence
  • mi → pueblo: possessor

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Antes … (then vs now) goes with the imperfect. Imperfect: forms and uses →
  2. 2
    había: imperfect of hay, always singular. Imperfect: forms and uses →