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Capítulo 11
Costa Rica… naturalmente
mágica
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• The imperfect has several English equivalents.
• Like the preterite, the imperfect is used to talk about an act that has already occurred. However, the imperfect focuses on the continuation of an act in progress rather than on the completed act:1. Repeated habitual
actions
2. Actions in progress
3. Background actions
4. Physical, mental or emotional, states.
Trabajaba todos los días.
I worked every day.
I used to work every day.
I was working every day.
I would work every day.
IMPERFECT
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IMPERFECT
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Repeated habitual actions:
When I was a kid……yo viajaba mucho en el invierno.
(I would travel a lot in the Winter)…nunca dormía más de ocho horas.
(I never slept more than 8 hours)
Actions in progress:
Last Thursday at 11pm……el bebé dormía en su cuarto.
(The baby was sleeping in his room)…yo escuchaba música.
(I was listening to music)
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• First and third person endings are identical.
• Imperfect –er and –ir require a written accent.
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IMPERFECT
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Cuando era estudiante de secundaria vivíamos en San José. Era estudiante en el Colegio La Salle. Estudiaba mucho, no faltaba a mis clases y hacía mis tareas a tiempo; siempre sacaba buenas calificaciones. Jugaba al fútbol para el equipo del colegio y hacía mis quehaceres en casa. Pero más que nada me gustaba pasar los fines de semana acampando con mis amigos en los parques nacionales.
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IMPERFECT
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Mis papás me decían que teníamos mucha suerte de vivir en Costa Rica, porque es un paraíso natural. Yo pensaba que todo el mundo era como Costa Rica, pero mis padres me dijeron que había muchos países que apenas tenían animales, o que eran como desiertos.
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A PRACTICAR
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Página 361, ¿Qué se dice…?
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A PRACTICAR
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A PRACTICAR
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A PRACTICAR
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IMPERFECT
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• There are three irregular verbs in the imperfect.
• El imperfecto de hay es había ( there was/were, there used to be), que viene del verbo infinitivo haber.
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A PRACTICAR
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A PRACTICAR
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éramosera yo era
veíaiba
veía permitíaíbamos veíamos
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IMPERFECT VERSUS PRETERITE
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A PRACTICAR
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A PRACTICAR
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1. Ya era tarde cuando me desperté2. Me preparaba el desayuno cuando el teléfono sonó3. Mientras me bañaba, el agua se cortó4. Cuando salía de casa, el perro se escapó5. Estaba manejando y de repente la llanta se pinchó6. Mientras cambiaba la llanta empezó a llover7. Finalmente decidí regresar a casa
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IMPERFECT VERSUS PRETERITE
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PRESENT PERFECT
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• The past participle of most verbs in English is formed by adding –ed to the verb
to travel → traveled
• In Spanish, past participles are formed by adding –ado to the stem of –ar verbs, and –ido to the stem of –er and –ir verbs.
viajar → viajado
querer → querido
sentir → sentido
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-ar → ado
-er,-ir → ido
• Exception: irregular verbs
• Verbs related to those listed are also irregular:
descubrir → descubierto
reescribir → reescrito
devolver → devuelto
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1. Ya era tarde cuando me desperté2. Me preparaba el desayuno cuando el teléfono sonó3. Mientras me bañaba, el agua se cortó4. Cuando salía de casa, el perro se escapó5. Estaba manejando y de repente la llanta se pinchó6. Mientras cambiaba la llanta empezó a llover7. Finalmente decidí regresar a casa
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¡A PRACTICAR!
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Yo he hecho “puenting”
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¡A PRACTICAR!
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Yo he corrido delante de toros en Pamplona
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Yo he cantado en un musical
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¡A PRACTICAR!
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Yo he visto nieve
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La bandera costarricense
República de Costa Rica
Localización
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Capital
República de Costa Rica
Moneda
San José Colón
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República de Costa Rica• Costa Rica tiene un territorio
equivalente a la mitad de Ohio, pero el 5% de las especies de fauna y flora del planeta.
• La flora y fauna de Costa Rica es tropical.
• Costa Rica es pionera en ecoturismo y tiene programas de ecoeducación para jóvenes.
• Costa Rica es el destino turístico más visitado de América Central.
• En 1948, Costa Rica disolvió el ejército y dedicó ese presupuesto a educación. ¡Tienen más profesores que policías!
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Óscar Arias
República de Costa Rica
Franklin Chang-Díaz
Es el presidente de Costa Rica. Fue premiado con el Nobel de la Paz en 1987.
Fue el primer astronauta hispanoamericano en viajar al transbordador espacial Challenger. Viajó a EEUU en 1968 con $50 y sin hablar inglés.
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Iztarú
República de Costa Rica
Quetzal
Es un gran volcán en Costa Rica. Entró en erupción en 1994. La leyenda de Iztarú explica cómo se creó.
El quetzal es un pájaro de Costa Rica. Era un animal sagrado para los mayas.
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Tarea para casa:• Write journal #4 at home (Eight sentences using
imperfect: a holiday when you were younger).
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Tarea para casa:• Prepare an outline for Writing #2
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Tarea para casa:
Apr 14, 23:59 due D2L Quiz #5 chapter 11
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