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How to Say ‘And where did you work before?’ in Spain Spanish

¿Y antes dónde trabajabas?

ee AHN-tehs DOHN-deh trah-bah-HAH-bas

[ee AHN-tehs DOHN-deh trah-bah-HAH-bas]

Phrase Breakdown

¿Y antes

ee AHN-tehs

And before

'Antes' means 'before'. Link it with 'y': 'YAN-tes'.

Example

¿Y antes qué hacías?

And what did you do before?

Words in this phrase

[ee]

and

A conjunction used to connect words or ideas.

Example

Busco una cultura cercana y humana.

I’m looking for a culture that is close and human.

antes

[AHN-tehs]

before

Adverb of time; used with 'de' to mean 'before something'.

Example

Llame antes de las ocho.

Call before eight.

dónde trabajabas?

DOHN-deh trah-bah-HAH-bas

where did you work?

'Trabajabas' is the imperfect tense, used for ongoing situations in the past. Use a rough 'h' for the 'j' and stress 'JA': tra-ba-HA-bas.

Example

¿Dónde trabajabas el año pasado?

Where were you working last year?

Words in this phrase

dónde

[DOHN-deh]

where

Question word used to ask about a place or location; carries an accent in questions.

Example

¿Dónde vives?

Where do you live?

trabajabas

[trah-bah-HAH-bas]

you used to work

Imperfect tense of 'trabajar' (tú), for past ongoing jobs.

Example

¿Trabajabas en un banco?

Did you use to work in a bank?

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