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The Imperfect Tense:Regular Verbs

Realidades 2, p194

Powerpoint adapted from http://www.mrsshirley.net

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Preterite

You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time.

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Preterite

Ana cantó en la fiesta anoche.

Ana sang at the party last night.

(Completed past action.)

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Imperfect The imperfect tense is

another way to talk about the past. We use it to describe actions without any indication of their beginning or end.

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Imperfect

Ana cantaba. Ana was singing. (No indication of beginning

or end.)

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Imperfect We use the imperfect to talk

about actions that happened repeatedly in the past. In English we often say “used to” or “would” to express this idea.

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Imperfect

Generalmente caminaban mucho.

Generally they would walk a lot.

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Imperfect

Jugaban con otros niños de la familia.

They used to play with other children in the family.

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Imperfect

Natalia siempre se ponía una chaqueta en la clase.

Natalie always used to put on a jacket in class. Notice the reflexive.

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Imperfect Expressions such as generalmente,

a menudo, muchas veces, todos los días, siempre, and nunca can cue us to use the imperfect.

Because they don’t refer to a clear beginning or end point

¿Por qué?

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Imperfect

Here are all the forms of -ar verbs in the imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the nosotros form.

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CAMINAR (to walk)

Yo caminaba

Tú caminabas

Él

Ella caminaba

Ud.

Nos. caminábamos

Vos. caminabais

Ellos

Ellas caminaban

Uds.

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CAMINAR (to walk)

caminaba

Tú caminabas

caminaba

Nos. caminábamos

Vos. caminabais

Ellos

Ellas caminaban

Uds.

Notice that the first and third person forms are the same…

How can we avoid confusion?

Yo

EllaBy using subject pronouns

Él

Ud.

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Imperfect

Let’s do a few more AR verbs.

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PATINAR (to skate)

Yo patinaba

Tú patinabas

Él

Ella patinaba

Ud.

Nos. patinábamos

Vos. patinabais

Ellos

Ellas patinaban

Uds.

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USAR (to use)

Yo usaba

Tú usabas

Él

Ella usaba

Ud.

Nos. usábamos

Vos. usabais

Ellos

Ellas usaban

Uds.

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JUGAR (to play)

Yo jugaba

Tú jugabas

Él

Ella jugaba

Ud.

Nos. jugábamos

Vos. jugabais

Ellos

Ellas jugaban

Uds.

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Now lets look at -er/-ir verb endings in the imperfect tense.

Imperfect

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COMER (to eat)

Yo comía

Tú comías

Él

Ella comía

Ud.

Nos. comíamos

Vos. comíais

Ellos

Ellas comían

Uds.

Notice

Accents

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VIVIR (to live)

Yo vivía

Tú vivías

Él

Ella vivía

Ud.

Nos. vivíamos

Vos. vivíais

Ellos

Ellas vivían

Uds.

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Let’s review IR / ER verbs in the imperfect.

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BEBER (to drink)

Yo bebía

Tú bebías

Él

Ella bebía

Ud.

Nos. bebíamos

Vos. bebíais

Ellos

Ellas bebían

Uds.

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SALIR (to leave)

Yo salía

Tú salías

Él

Ella salía

Ud.

Nos. salíamos

Vos. salíais

Ellos

Ellas salían

Uds.

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Practiquemos…1. Miguel ________ (usar) su celular en clase a veces.

2. Generalmente yo ________ (comer) en casa.

3. De vez en cuando nosotros _________ (beber) café.

4. Ellos nunca ________ (salir) de casa tarde.

5. Yo siempre _________ (practicar) el piano.

6. Todos los días, Lan ________ (hablar) con su novio.

7. A veces Juan ________ (llegar) tarde a clase.

8. Ellos siempre ________ (vivir) en Texas.

usaba

practicaba

comíabebíamos

salían

hablaballegaba

vivían

í

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