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Era muy inmadura durante mi época de rebeldía.

Era muy inmadura durante mi época de rebeldía.
I was very immature during my period of rebelliousness.
From Lesson 387:Past wishes and regrets (¡ojalá hubiera!)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Era muy inmadura durante mi época de rebeldía.

Why is era used here instead of fui?
Era is the imperfect tense of ser, used here to describe a continuous, ongoing state or characteristic in the past. If the speaker used fui, the preterite, it would sound like a single, completed event with a strict timeframe, rather than a general description of how they used to be during that phase.
How do we know the gender of the speaker in this sentence?
The adjective inmadura ends in -a, telling us the speaker is female. The verb era on its own can mean I was, he was, or she was, so we rely on the adjective for both person and gender context. A male speaker would say era muy inmaduro.
Why use época instead of tiempo for the English word period or time?
Época is the most natural word for a specific phase, era, or period of life, which fits the idea of a rebellious phase perfectly. Tiempo generally refers to time as a broad concept or the weather, so it sounds unnatural here.
How would I use this lesson's grammar to say I wish I hadn't been so immature?
You would use ojalá followed by the pluperfect subjunctive: Ojalá no hubiera sido tan inmadura. You need the pluperfect subjunctive (hubiera sido) because you are expressing a wish or regret about an alternate reality for something that already happened in the past.

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