day 4what had happened?
unit 1 · the agency openswhat had happened?
Say what had already happened before another past moment with había + participle, and tell a short anecdote about a mistake.
today’s words
- la anécdota · anecdote, little story
- el relato · story, account
- la sorpresa · surprise
- enterarse · to find out, to hear (about)
- equivocarse · to make a mistake, to be wrong
- avisar · to warn, to let know
- aclarar · to clear up, to clarify
- la explicación · explanation
- el detalle · detail
- comprobar · to check, to verify
- confirmar · to confirm
- confesar · to confess
- mentir · to lie, to tell a lie
- la mentira · lie
- perdonar · to forgive, to excuse
- asombrar · to amaze, to astonish
- el error · mistake, error
- anterior · previous, earlier
- la ocasión · occasion; chance
- la mitad · half; middle
sentences
- Cuando llegué, el cliente ya se había ido. · When I arrived, the client had already left.
- Yo nunca había visto una fábrica tan grande. · I had never seen such a big factory.
- Anna había enviado el correo, pero se equivocó de fecha. · Anna had sent the email, but she got the date wrong.
- Es una anécdota divertida para contar en una cena. · It’s a funny anecdote to tell at dinner.
- En esta ocasión, el error fue mío: no comprobé ningún detalle. · This time the mistake was mine: I didn’t check a single detail.