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Llovía, así que me quedé en casa.

Llovía, así que me quedé en casa.
It was raining, so I stayed at home.
From Lesson 173:Linking ideas (por eso, así que, sobre todo)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Llovía, así que me quedé en casa.

Why is llovía used here instead of the preterite form llovió?
Llovía is in the imperfect tense, which Spanish uses to set the scene or describe an ongoing background event in the past (it was raining). You then use the preterite tense for the main, completed action (me quedé) that happened during that background event.
Why does the verb quedar have me in front of it here?
In this sentence, the verb is actually quedarse, which is a reflexive verb meaning to stay or to remain. If you use quedar without a reflexive pronoun like me, it means entirely different things, such as to meet up with someone or to be left over.
Is así que the standard way to say so in Spanish?
Yes, así que is a very common, everyday connector used to mean so or therefore when one thing happens as a result of another. Because it was raining, the result was staying home.
Why is it en casa and not en la casa?
Just like we say at home instead of at the home in English, Spanish drops the article la when talking about your own home as a general personal space. You would only use en la casa when referring to a specific physical building.

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