"Héctor, ¿qué te pasó? ¿Cómo te prompiste el tobillo?" "_____ cuando estaba jugando básquetbol."

a. Me caía
b. Me caigo
c. Me cae
d. Me caí

pleease help me understand this

That should be "rompiste?" Hector, what happened to you? How did you break your ankle? When I was playing basketball,.....

a. I was falling
b. I am falling
c. It fell with respect to me
d. I fell down.

It should be clear that it is d.

Sra

To understand and choose the correct option, we need to analyze the sentence structure and verb tense agreement.

The sentence structure is: "[Subject] + [Past tense of the verb 'to hurt'] + [when I was playing basketball]."

In this case, the verb 'to hurt' should be in the past tense to match the context of the sentence.

Let's look at each option:

a. Me caía - This option uses the imperfect tense, which indicates an ongoing action in the past. However, we need to use a verb in the simple past tense here, as it describes a specific event.

b. Me caigo - This option uses the present tense, which does not match the past tense context of the sentence.

c. Me cae - This option uses the present tense, which does not match the past tense context of the sentence.

d. Me caí - This option uses the simple past tense, which matches the context of the sentence. It correctly translates to "I hurt myself" or "I sprained my ankle."

Therefore, the correct answer is "d. Me caí".