Escribe en español (¡usa el pretérito y el imperfecto!). 1.The baby was smiling when the parade began. 2.My relatives were eating when I greeted them.

Objetivos: Vamos a … practicar el vocabulario de las costumbres practicar el uso del pretérito y el imperfecto tomar apuntes sobre acciones recíprocas y practicar

El pasado 2 ways to talk about the past: – preterite tense – imperfect tense use depends on context of the situation - this distinction does not exist in English

El pretérito AR verb endings (yo) é (nosotros) amos (tú) aste (él/ella/Ud.) ó (ellos/ellas/Uds.) aron ER & IR verb endings (yo) í (nosotros) imos (tú) iste (él/ella/Ud.) ió (ellos/ellas/Uds.) ieron

Hay muchos verbos irregulares en el pretérito… Verbos que terminan en -car, -gar, y -zar - cambian (change) sólo en la forma de yo Los verbos completemente irregulares: terminacióncambioejemplo -carc => qubuscar => busqué (I looked for) -garg => gupagar => yo pagué (I paid) -zarz => cabrazar => yo abracé (I hugged)

hacer (preterite: did/made) (yo) hice (nosotros) hicimos (tú) hiciste (él / ella/ Ud.) hizo (ellos / ellas/ Uds.) hicieron poder (preterite: could/was able to) (yo) pude (nosotros) pudimos (tú) pudiste (él / ella/ Ud.) pudo (ellos / ellas/ Uds.) pudieron estar (preterite: was/were) (yo) estuve (nosotros) estuvimos (tú) estuviste (él / ella/ Ud.) estuvo (ellos / ellas/ Uds.) estuvieron tener (preterite: had/received) (yo) tuve (nosotros) tuvimos (tú) tuviste (él / ella/ Ud.) tuvo (ellos / ellas/ Uds.) tuvieron ir & ser (preterite: went & was) (yo) fui (nosotros) fuimos (tú) fuiste (él / ella/ Ud.) fue (ellos / ellas/ Uds.) fueron *notice: no accents!*

El imperfecto Imperfect Regular Verb Endings Irregulars: ar verbs abaábamos abas abaaban er/ir verbs íaíamos ías íaían ver (to see) veíaveíamos veías veíaveían ser (to be) eraéramos eras eraeran ir (to go) ibaíbamos ibas ibaiban

PretéritoImperfecto completed actions/events in the past  happened a specific # of times  specified beginning or end “interrupting action” -- action that took place during an ongoing action past actions/situations when no beginning or end is specified  habitual/repeated actions description of people, places, and situations in the past description of the situation or background information (ongoing action) when something else happened or interrupted it (the preterite would be used for the interrupting action) – was/were ___ing

Imperfect & Preterite Depend on Context A las seis yo veía la tele. – (At 6 I was watching TV.) <= action that was in progress A las seis yo vi la tele. – (At 6 I watched TV.) <= completed action - not in progress Yo jugaba en el patio de recreo cuando mi hermano empezó a llorar. – I was playing on the playground when my brother began to cry.

Repaso Rápido (quick review): Reflexive Verbs ducharse – To conjugate: 1.Take the “se” (known as the reflexive pronoun) from the end and put it first before the verb – you may need to change it accordingly (remember: me, te, se, nos, se.) 2.Conjugate the verb normally me duchonos duchamos te duchas se duchase duchan

Reciprocal Actions Sometimes the reflexive pronouns se and nos are used to express the idea “(to) each other.” These are called reciprocal actions. Los novios se abrazaban y se besaban. – (The bride and groom were hugging each other and kissing each other.) Nos saludamos con un abrazo. – (We greet each other with a hug.)

¡A practicar! Translate/Conjugate: 1.we were shaking hands (imperfect) 2.they got married (preterite) 3.we met/gathered at 4 (preterite) 4.we were greeting each other (imperfect) 5.they said goodbye (preterite)

Escribe en español (usa el imperfecto y el pretérito): 1.We were saying goodbye to each other when she cried. 2.They were hugging each other when I arrived. 3.I was watching TV when they greeted each other.

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