~the imperfect tense~. 2 main past tenses in spanish in spanish, there are 2 main tenses used to...
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~The Imperfect Tense~
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2 Main Past Tenses in Spanish
In Spanish, there are 2 main tenses used to talk in the past:
1. El Pretérito
2. El Imperfecto
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El PretéritoRemember:
The PRETÉRITO is used to talk about actions that are completed.
They have a definite beginning and ending.
• Yesterday I ate dinner at 5:00. • I woke up, got dressed, and ate breakfast.
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El Imperfecto EL IMPERFECTO is a tense used to
describe actions in the past that are not seen as completed.
This tense is primarily used to DESCRIBE in the past.
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Imperfect • Context• Background
Preterite Immediacy of action Breaks with context Begin and end “Chops” the background of the imperfect
Llegué al aeropuerto.
Perdí mi equipaje.
Llamé un taxi.
Hacía calor Había muchas personas Llevaba un jersey rojo Era de noche
Un golpe de karate:
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El Imperfecto.
It is also used to refer to more general or habitual actions.
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El Imperfecto
• As a child, I used to always play soccer.
• My family and I travelled to Hawaii every Summer.
• I was very shy as a kid.
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Conjugations:
• Drop the Ending (AR, ER, IR)• Add:
-AR Verbs: -aba -ábamos -abas-aba -aban
*Note the ACCENT MARK on the NOSOTROS form!
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Conjugations:
For ER and IR Verbs:
-ía -íamos-ías-ía -ían
*NOTE = All of the endings have an accent on the “i”
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Práctica:Hablar =
hablaba hablabas hablaba
hablábamos hablaban
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Práctica:Comer =
comíacomías
comíacomíamos
comíaiscomían
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Irregular Verbs: *There are only 3 irregular verbs!!!
ser
era éramoserasera eran
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ir
iba íbamosibasiba iban
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ver
veía veíamosveíasveía veían
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Use the Imperfect To:
1) To talk about actions that were repeated or habitual:
• We would eat watermelon every summer. (watermelon = sandía)
•Comíamos sandía todos
los veranos.
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Use the Impefect To:
2) To Tell Time in The Past
And
3) To Tell Sombody’s Age
In The Past
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• Era la una cuando ví la película.
• Eran las tres y media cuando empezó la clase.
• Yo tenía diez años cuando recibí mi primera bicicleta.
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The imperfect is often used with time expressions, such as:• Siempre• Frecuentemente• A veces• Todos los años• Todos los veranos
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PrácticaDe niña, yo ___ con las muñecas.
(jugar)
*jugaba
Mi familia y yo siempre ____ la Navidad con mis abuelos. (celebrar).celebrar)
*celebrábamos*
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Traduce al Español:
• I used to always wear jeans and T-shirts.
• When I was a kid, I used to play baseball with my friends every summer.
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Práctica
• My family and I visited my grandparents in California every summer.
• My brothers swam in the river every day.
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Práctica1) As a kid I travelled frequently.
2) It was raining a lot yesterday.
3) My friends and I used to party a lot.
4) Mateo used to watch Barney every Saturday!