Questions & Answers about Tenía un recuerdo muy bonito de mi barrio.
Why does this sentence use tenía instead of tuve?
Since tenía can mean 'I had' or 'he/she had', how do we know who is speaking here?
In the imperfect tense, the yo and él/ella/usted forms are identical. You usually rely on context from the rest of the conversation to know who is meant. If it isn't clear, you can simply add yo to the beginning of the sentence. Here, the phrase mi barrio strongly hints that the speaker is talking about their own past.
Could I use sobre instead of de to say a memory 'about' my neighborhood?
What exactly is a barrio in Spain?
Barrio is the everyday word in Spain for 'neighborhood' or a specific district within a town or city. You might also hear the word vecindario, but that usually refers more to the actual group of neighbors or the immediate vicinity around your street.