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Tuvimos un viaje horrible a nuestro destino.

Tuvimos un viaje horrible a nuestro destino.
We had a horrible trip to our destination.
From Lesson 103:The preterite of tener, estar, and hacer·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Tuvimos un viaje horrible a nuestro destino.

Why is the word for "we had" tuvimos instead of something like "tenimos"?
Tener (to have) is highly irregular in the preterite (completed past) tense. Instead of using its normal stem, it changes to a special 'u' stem: tuv-. Adding the regular nosotros (we) ending -imos gives us tuvimos.
Could we use teníamos instead of tuvimos here?
No, because teníamos is the imperfect tense, used for ongoing or repeated past actions (like "we used to have" or "we were having"). Because the trip was a single, completed event, we must use the preterite form tuvimos.
Why does horrible come after viaje?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like horrible almost always come right after the noun they describe. So instead of "a horrible trip" (English word order), we say "a trip horrible" (un viaje horrible).
Does destino mean "destiny" or "destination"?
It can actually mean both! In the context of travel, like in this sentence, destino translates to "destination". In a more philosophical context, it means "destiny" or "fate".

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