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Apr 27, 2020 - 10:51 AM
Those are reflexive pronouns, and they are used with reflexive verbs, in all tenses. The verb in the first question is quedarse, a reflexive verb, so the reflexive pronoun, te, is used. The verb in the second question is necesitar, which is not reflexive, so no reflexive pronoun is used.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
Apr 28, 2020 - 03:05 AM
Hello Mickeya13,
As Pat said, the use of the pronouns me, te, se, nos, etc does not depend on the tense you're using, but on the type of verbs: they're called "reflexive pronouns" and are only used with what we call "reflexive verbs", usually verbs expressing actions performed on oneself, like: Lavarse (To wash oneself), Vestirse (To put clothes on), or Quedarse (to stay)
So for example for verbs like Quedarse, like in your example, you do need the pronoun in all tenses:
¿En qué hotel te quedabas?
¿En qué hotel te quedaste?
¿En qué hotel te quedas?
Etc etc
But for verbs like Necesitar, which is not reflexive, then you can't use these pronouns, so you'd say:
Nunca necesitabas tomar un taxi
Nunca necesitaste tomar un taxi
Nunca necesitas tomar un taxi
Etc etc
Unfortunately, there's no "easy trick" to guess which verb is reflexive or not, and there's no equivalent in English, that's why it can be confusing, so you really need to learn them by heart whenever you come across them!
Hope this helps! Keep up the good work!
Chao,
Emilie
As Pat said, the use of the pronouns me, te, se, nos, etc does not depend on the tense you're using, but on the type of verbs: they're called "reflexive pronouns" and are only used with what we call "reflexive verbs", usually verbs expressing actions performed on oneself, like: Lavarse (To wash oneself), Vestirse (To put clothes on), or Quedarse (to stay)
So for example for verbs like Quedarse, like in your example, you do need the pronoun in all tenses:
¿En qué hotel te quedabas?
¿En qué hotel te quedaste?
¿En qué hotel te quedas?
Etc etc
But for verbs like Necesitar, which is not reflexive, then you can't use these pronouns, so you'd say:
Nunca necesitabas tomar un taxi
Nunca necesitaste tomar un taxi
Nunca necesitas tomar un taxi
Etc etc
Unfortunately, there's no "easy trick" to guess which verb is reflexive or not, and there's no equivalent in English, that's why it can be confusing, so you really need to learn them by heart whenever you come across them!
Hope this helps! Keep up the good work!
Chao,
Emilie
