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El Imperfectode los verbos
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Talking about the past• There are ____ past tenses in
Spanish.
• If the action occurred in the______ and the speaker can tell precisely _____ the action occurred use the __________________.
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PRETERITE (pretréito)
PASTWHEN
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Talking about the past• If the action occurred in
the______ and the there is no definite beginning or ending use the _________________.
Las chicas hablaban en inglés. The girls used to speak in English.
(no definite beginning or end)
IMPERFECTO (imperfect)
PAST
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The _________________ (past) tense is like a SNAPSHOT of what happened in the past.
The _________________ (past) tense is like an ongoing film of what happened in the past.
PRETERITE
IMPERFECT
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El imperfecto
The peterite tells us _____________when an action took place.
The imperfect tells us in ________________.
specifically
general
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The Imperfect sets the “scene”.What are some situations that might require the imperfect instead of the preterit?WeatherTimeAgePhysical/personality description
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How does it translate to English?There are 4 translations…
yo hablaba = I used to talkI was talkingI talkedI did talk
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FORMATION OF IMPERFECTTo conjugate regular –ar verbs in the imperfect1. Drop the infinitive ending2. Add “aba”
aba ábamosabas abaisaba aban
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(-ar verbs)
tomabatomabastomaba
tomábamostomabaistomaban
Por ejemplo:
tomar
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(-ar verbs)trabajtrabajtrabaj
trabajtrabajtrabaj
Por ejemplo:
trabajar
aba
abas
aba
ábamos
abais
aban
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(-ar verbs)NecesitarPensarMirarGustarEstar
MandarDarHablarAvisarolvidarse
¡A Practicar!
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To conjugate regular –er/-ir verbs in the imperfect1. Drop the infinitive ending2. Add “ía”
ía íamos
ías íaisía ían
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(-er / -ir verbs)
comíacomíascomía
comíamoscomíaiscomían
Por ejemplo:
comer
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(-er/-ir verbs)
vivvivviv
vivvivviv
Por ejemplo:
ía
ías
ía
íamos
íais
ían
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(-er/-ir verbs)
VenirHacerDecirConocersaber
SalirPonerPoderPedirconducir
¡A Practicar
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LOS IRREGULARES: Solamente hay ______ en el imperfecto
1. ser=______________ 2. ir=_____________
veía veíamos
veías veíais
veía veían
Era Éramos
Eras Erais
Era eran
Iba Íbamos
Ibas Ibais
Iba iban
3Used to be/was
Used to go/was going
3. ver= ___________________Used to see/was seeing
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Some words and phrases indicate repetitive, vague or non-specific time frames, and therefore signal the use of the imperfect.
a menudo (often) a veces (sometimes) cada día (every day) cada semana (every week) cada mes (every month) cada año (every year) con frecuencia (frequently) de vez en cuando (from
time to time) en aquella época (at that
time) frecuentemente
(frequently)
generalmente (usually) muchas veces (many times) mucho (a lot) nunca (never) por un rato (for awhile) siempre (always) tantas veces (so many
times) todas las semanas (every
week) todos los días (every day) todo el tiempo (all the time) varias veces (several times)