span verb chagers pret vs imperfecto

Conocer

Conocí = I met

Conocía = I knew

Saber

Supe = I found out

Sabía = I knew

Querer

Quise = I tried

Quería = I wanted

No querer

No quise = I refused

No quería = I didn’t want

Poder

Pude = I managed to

Podía = I was able to

No poder

No pude = I couldn’t (and didn’t)

No podía = I couldn’t (but may have tried)

Tener

Tuve = I got/received

Tenía = I had

Tener que

Tuve que = I had to (and did)

Tenía que = I had to (but unsure if I did)

Haber

Hubo = There was (an event)

Había = There was/were (description)