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Nuestros antepasados heredaron una casa hace un siglo.

Nuestros antepasados heredaron una casa hace un siglo.
Our ancestors inherited a house a century ago.
From Lesson 107:Time ago (hace)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Nuestros antepasados heredaron una casa hace un siglo.

How does hace un siglo mean "a century ago"?
In Spanish, you use the verb hacer (to do/make) in the form hace followed by an amount of time to express "ago." So hace un siglo literally translates to "it makes a century," which means "a century ago" in English.
Why is the verb heredaron in the preterite tense here?
The preterite tense is used for actions that were completed at a specific point in the past. Because the sentence gives a specific, completed timeframe (hace un siglo), the act of inheriting is totally finished, so we use the preterite heredaron instead of the imperfect tense.
Is there an easy way to remember the word antepasados?
Yes! You can break it down into two parts: ante- means "before" and pasados means "past" or "passed." So your antepasados are the people who lived and passed before you—your ancestors!
Why is it Nuestros and not Nuestro?
Possessive adjectives like "our" have to match the noun they describe in both gender and number. Since antepasados is masculine and plural, the base word nuestro becomes nuestros to match it.

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