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Preterite or Imperfect?Preterite or Imperfect? You’ve probably
realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”: Ser/estar Masculine/feminine
Here’s another one: Preterite/imperfect
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Preterite or Imperfect?Preterite or Imperfect? Spanish has two basic ways
to talk about the past: Preterit Imperfect
In this slide show, we’ll look at some of the differences in how each tense in used.
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PreteritePreterite Let’s review some of the
main uses of the preterite. This verb tense is used when we talk about a past action that happened one time OR interrupted something
already going on OR was the beginning of an
event OR was the end of an event.
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Past actions that happened Past actions that happened onceonce
Juan se levantó a las 6:00. Gloria llegó tarde a clase. Fui a España el verano
pasado. ¿Hiciste la tarea?
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InterruptionsInterruptions El teléfono sonó [rang]
mientras [while] yo dormía.
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The beginning of an eventThe beginning of an event
Cristóbal Colón llegó a las Américas en 1492.
La película empezó a las 3:00.
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The end of an eventThe end of an event Terminé el proyecto a
la medianoche. Los Osos de Chicago
ganaron el campeonato de fútbol americano.
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ImperfectImperfect Next let’s review some of
the main uses of the imperfect. This verb tense is used when we talk about the past:
actions that happened/used to happen many times (habitual actions) OR
action that was in progress (“was …ing”) OR
to describe a situation, place, person or things in general
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Repeated or habitual actions in Repeated or habitual actions in the pastthe past
Don Diego fumaba puros cubanos cuando era joven pero ahora él ya no fuma.
Cuando yo tenía 15 años, yo bailaba salsa todos los fines de semana.
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Past action in progressPast action in progress A las 3:00, los
estudiantes escuchaban mientras la profesora hablaba.
El teléfono sonó [rang] mientras [while] yo dormía.
¿Qué hacías ayer a las 4:00?
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Description of a situationDescription of a situation
To describe people, places, and situations (ongoing actions) in the past:
- Mis amigos eran muy amables.- La casa tenía cuatro dormitorios.- Los estudiantes estudiaban cuando el director entró en la clase.
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Conjugaciones del Imperfecto Regular
hablar comer vivir
hablaba comía vivía
hablabas comías vivías
hablaba comía vivía
hablábamos comíamos vivíamos
hablabais comíais vivíais
hablaban comían vivían
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Conjugaciones Imperfecto Irregular
ir (to go)
ser (to be)
ver (to see)
iba íbamos era éramos veía veíamos
ibas ibais eras erais veías veíais
iba iban era eran veía veían
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Conjugación del pretérito regular
hablar comer vivir
hablé comí viví
hablaste comiste viviste
habló comió vivió
hablamos comimos vivimos
hablasteis comisteis vivisteis
hablaron comieron vivieron
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Conjugación Irregular de algunos verbos
dar - to give ser - to be ir - to go
yo di fui fui
tú diste fuiste fuiste
usted, él, ella dio fue fue
nosotros dimos fuimos fuimos
vosotros disteis fuisteis fuisteis
ustedes, ellos, ellas
dieron fueron fueron
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That’s all, folks!That’s all, folks! Preterite
one-time past event OR
interruption OR the beginning or
end of an event.
Imperfect Repeated/habitual
past action OR was in progress
(“was …ing”) OR to describe a
situation in the past.