"В это время я была в школе."

Translation: At that time I was at school.

[EvelynOlson0]

Perfect response for the last exercise I had to do: "Where were you at that time?"

[SaraM52]

Why is it была here and not был?

[ElerinJ]

Был - he was;
была - she was.
Apparently this sentence was about a female.

[feeble_weakling]

Weird, because for me, the sentence is spoken by a man

[dfggh4]

Now you hopefully understand some things about feminism.

[digas99]

Am I the only one who has a man speaking on this sentence? It sould be a woman because of the была, right?

[JanetGidle]

I have a woman speaking, but yes otherwise it wоuld hаve been был.

[Halezdra]

Why isn't "это время" in the prepositional case?

[Abel801281]

Because "В" takes accusative when expressing certain time.

[guido506552]

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEARLY STATED FROM THE FIRST PRESENTATION, NOT AT THIS POINT INCIDENTALLY !

[Elmonoenaltamar]

Is it correct to say "В то время я была в школе"?

[M0lodec]

"В то время" звучит так, будто речь идет об очень давнем времени.
"В это время" может значить сегодня утром

[ChromateX]

Why is в это used and not в эта?

[Colosseum78]

because время is neuter

[Sarcophagus2]

"at the time I was in school" is rejected but "at that time" is not. Strange.

[JordanBell866110]

A likely story!

[ThomasChri202962]

"I was at school then" doesnt work for some reason

[JanetGidle]

At that time, not then. Were supposed to learn words and translate them.

[redr322]

Other phrases allow for non word for word translations. This one should as well. In English "then" can mean "at that time."

[DanBeuc]

Why is the robot speaking (always but particularly here) speaking so fast? It's hardly understandable!

[PolyGoat8]

-i do agree that there should be a speed option-
but it's made to immitate natural speaking. Usually the "в" is practically silent and "время"is pronounced more like "vr-ee-m-uh" and the "ya" you hear is the word after the quick "vreema," that's why it seems faster, there are more letters that are blended in a sense in real speaking

[Chancegardener]

this is way too fast

[flash131616]

Not allowing me to proceed ...theres
A perpendicular line on the left below the answer line

[Anja137187]

Это usually means "this", but it only accepts it as "that" ... strange.

[JanetGidle]

Not too strange. At this time is present. At that time is past. She WAS at school.
Past.