Phrase · 📜 Narrating past events
Resulta que el museo cerraba los lunes.
Turns out the museum was closed on Mondays.
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Why every word is where it is
Resulta1verbit turns outresultar · present · 3rd sing.que1conjunctionthateldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitemuseonounmuseummasc. · sing.cerraba2verbclosed (every week)cerrar · imperfect · 3rd sing.los3determiner(on) theel · masc. · pl. · definitelunes3nounMondaysmasc. · pl..
- Resulta → que: resulta que
- museo → cerraba: el museo → cerraba (3rd sg.)
- los → lunes: los + day = every
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1resulta que = it turns out (that): introduces the twist of a story.
- 2cerraba: imperfect for a regular fact inside the past story (it closed every Monday). Imperfect: forms and uses →
- 3los lunes = on Mondays, every Monday: plural article, no preposition. Numbers, telling the time and dates →
Variations
- Resulta que los lunes el museo estaba cerrado.
- Y resulta que ese día el museo estaba cerrado.