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Imperfect tense
- 1. The Imperfect Tense: El Imperfecto Español 2H
- 2. Preterite You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time.
- 3. Preterite Ana cantó en la fiesta anoche. Ana sang at the party last night. (Completed past action.)
- 4. 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.
- 5. Imperfect Ana cantaba. Ana was singing. (No indication of beginning or end.)
- 6. 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.
- 7. Imperfect Generalmente caminaban mucho. Generally they would walk a lot.
- 8. Imperfect Jugaban con otros niños de la familia. They used to play with other children in the family.
- 9. Imperfect Expressions such as generalmente, a menudo, muchas veces, todos los días, siempre, and nunca can cue us to use the imperfect.
- 10. Imperfect Here are all the forms of -ar verbs in the imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the nosotros form.
- 11. CANTAR (to sing) Yo cantaba Tú cantabas Él Ella cantaba Ud. Nos. cantábamos Vos. cantabais Ellos Ellas cantaban Uds.
- 12. Since the yo and the Ud./él/ella forms are the same, we often use the subject pronouns to avoid confusion. Imperfect
- 13. Imperfect Let’s do a few more verbs.
- 14. PATINAR (to skate) Yo patinaba Tú patinabas Él Ella patinaba Ud. Nos. patinábamos Vos. patinabais Ellos Ellas patinaban Uds.
- 15. USAR (to use) Yo usaba Tú usabas Él Ella usaba Ud. Nos. usábamos Vos. usabais Ellos Ellas usaban Uds.
- 16. JUGAR (to play) Yo jugaba Tú jugabas Él Ella jugaba Ud. Nos. jugábamos Vos. jugabais Ellos Ellas jugaban Uds.
- 17. Now we will learn the -er/- ir verb endings in the imperfect tense. Imperfect
- 18. BEBER (to drink) Yo bebía Tú bebías Él Ella bebía Ud. Nos. bebíamos Vos. bebíais Ellos Ellas bebían Uds.
- 19. ESCRIBIR (to write) Yo escribía Tú escribías Él Ella escribía Ud. Nos. escribíamos Vos. escribíais Ellos Ellas escribían Uds.
- 20. Let’s review once more.
- 21. COMER (to eat) Yo comía Tú comías Él Ella comía Ud. Nos. comíamos Vos. comíais Ellos Ellas comían Uds.
- 22. Note: -ER and –IR verbs use the same endings. All forms of –ER and –IR endings have accent marks over the “i”. -AR verbs have an accent mark in the “Nosotros” form. Hablábamos Trabajábamos
- 23. Stem-changes: Note: There are no stem- changes in the Imperfect tense. Jugar: Yo jugaba. Note: The imperfect of hay (there is, there are) is había. (There was, there were) Example: Había una vaca en el corral. There was a cow in the corral.
- 24. Verbos Irregulares: There are only 3 irregular verbs in the Imperfect tense: Ir Ser Ver
- 25. IR (to go) Yo iba Tú ibas Él Ella iba Ud. Nos. íbamos Vosotros ibais Ellos Ellas iban Uds.
- 26. SER (to be) Yo era Tú eras Él Ella era Ud. Nosotros éramos Vosotros erais Ellos Ellas eran Uds.
- 27. VER (to see) Yo veía Tú veías Él Ella veía Ud. Nosotros veíamos Vosotros veíais Ellos Ellas veían Uds.
- 28. Imperfect vs. Preterite Imperfect Ongoing, Continuing action (I used to do this all the time, We went to Spain every summer, I bought a ticket every day.) Descriptions in the past (She was beautiful, It was cold and rainy.) Time/ Date/ Weather Was/Were + -ing (I was walking, he was singing) “Used to” Preterite Completed, one-time action (I entered the room, I closed the door, I flew to Europe.) Sequence of events (First this happened, then this, then this.)