Learn Spanish (Latin America): La comedia que vimos anoche fue maravillosa. - The comedy that we saw last night was wonderful.

In English, we say "last night" using two words, but Spanish has the specific word anoche just for this. While you might sometimes see la noche pasada, anoche is the most natural and common way to talk about the night before today.

Why do we use fue instead of estuvo for "was"?

Fue is the past tense of ser (to be). We use it here to describe an event (the comedy show) and its essential characteristics (it was wonderful). You would use estuvo, from estar, if you were talking about a temporary state, like saying the actors were tired.

Is vimos a regular past tense verb?

Vimos is the "we" form of ver (to see) in the past tense. It follows the normal pattern for verbs ending in "-er", but it is considered slightly irregular because none of its forms use the written accent marks that regular past tense verbs normally get.

Can I drop the word que like we sometimes drop "that" in English?

No, in Spanish you must always keep que to connect the two parts of the sentence. In English you can just say "The comedy we saw", but in Spanish it must always be La comedia que vimos (The comedy that we saw).