El Imperfecto is a past tense, equivalent to our used to It is a past that occurs over and over, a continuous action in the past, a habitual action in.

THE IMPERFECT The continuous past…….the Flinstones of Spanish.
EL IMPERFECTO (The Imperfect) QUICK PRETERITE REVIEW! 1.(yo) jugar 2.(ella) servir 3.(ellos) hablar 4.(tú) andar 5.(nosotros) trabajar 6.(mamá) dar 1.
EL IMPERFECTO (The Imperfect) QUICK PRETERITE REVIEW! 1.(yo) jugar 2.(ella) servir 3.(ellos) hablar 4.(tú) andar 5.(nosotros) trabajar 6.(mamá) dar 1.
Present tense –ar, -er, & -ir Verbs Spanish II. yo = nosotros = tú = Usted (Ud.) =Ustedes(Uds.) = (él, ella)(ellos, ellas) I You (familiar) You (formal)
El Imperfecto. Youve already learned to use the preterite tense to talk about completed actions in the past. Now youll review another past tense called.
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EL IMPERFECTO The imperfect is used to talk about actions that happened regularly in the past, such as used to do something and was/were + -ing words For.
Háganlo ahora Escriban en inglés 1. Siempre 2. Todos los días 3. Cada día 4. Generalmente 5. Muchas veces 6. Nunca 7. Cada semana Objetivo: Aprender el.
To talk about what you _______ or what you used to do or ________ in the past use the ________. what you were like imperfect.
Notes: Imperfect Tense #1.
GRAMÁTICA El Imperfecto The Imperfect You already know how to talk about the past by using the preterit tense. Today you will learn about the imperfect,
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Over and over and over and over and over in the past.
The Conditional Tense Avancemos 3 – 5.2.
El Imperfecto (Imperfect) The Other Past Tense. Los objectivos Understand how to conjugate regular verbs into the imperfect tense. Understand how to conjugate.
El Imperfecto The Imperfect Past Tense. 3 rules for using the imperfect : 1.The imperfect is used for actions that were repeated habitually or … a) Cuando.
THE IMPERFECT TENSE: REGULAR VERBS PRETERITE You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended.
Imperfect… To talk about what you used to do or what you were doing in the past use the imperfect.
El imperfecto Cuando era niño.
The Imperfect Formation. To form the imperfect of -ar verbs, drop the -ar and substitute the following endings: -ábamos-aban -aba -abas -aba.
10.1 The imperfect tense  You have learned that the preterite is one past tense to express actions and reactions that can be counted a specific number.
El imperfecto Another Form of the Past Tense. Another form of past tense Used to express things you ‘used to’ do Used to express action still in progress.
Apuntes del imperfecto
El pretérito imperfecto The Imperfect Past Tense in Spanish.
El Imperfecto (Imperfect) The Other Past Tense. Regular –AR Conjugation Conjugation formula: (infinitive – ending) + new ending -AR endings -aba-ábamos.
El imperfecto Español 3-3 Unidad 2. In Spanish, there are two simple tenses used to express the past tense. They are the preterite, which we learned in.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs Page 63 Avancemos 3.
El imperfecto The other past tense Uses: Used to ____ Used to ____ Was/were ____-ing Was/were ____-ing.
Past Tense Preterite and Imperfect. Two Aspects of Past Tense Preterite Occurred once Occurred for limited time Has beginning and end “suddenly” Occurred.
EL IMPERFECTO 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.
The Imperfect Formation. To form the imperfect of -ar verbs, drop the -ar and substitute the following endings: nosotros-ábamosellos-aban Yo –aba Tú-abas.
 The endings for regular AR verbs in the imperfect:  -aba  -abas  -aba  -ábamos  -abais  -aban.
Puntos gramaticales El Imperfecto. Imperfecto (the imperfect) Used to describe past events in a different way than the preterite. Describe actions which.
El Imperfecto Español 2. Notas – el imperfecto p. 210, 212, 222 Imperfect tense -Describes the past -Tells what people used to do -Tells what things used.
EL IMPERFECTO (The Imperfect) QUICK PRETERITE REVIEW! 1.(yo) jugar 2.(ella) servir 3.(ellos) hablar 4.(tú) andar 5.(nosotros) trabajar 6.(mamá) dar 1.
EL IMPERFECTO HOW IS THE IMPERFECT CONJUGATED?. TO CONJUGATE REGULAR -AR VERBS IN THE IMPERFECT, SIMPLY DROP THE ENDING (-AR) AND ADD ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
The IMPERFECT tense The imperfect tense is also used in the PAST. The imperfect tense is used to refer to actions in the past that occurred repeatedly.
Grammar: The Imperfect Tense Sukhnoor, Akshaya, Priya, Michelle.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Over and over and over and over and over in the past.
El imperfecto: los verbos regulares e irregulares
Notas – el imperfecto p. 210, 212, 222 Imperfect tense
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs and irregular verbs.
Imperfect To talk about what you used to do or what you were like in the past use the imperfect.
El tiempo imperfecto Formas regulares. The imperfect tense is used to tell what you were doing or used to do. For example: escuchaba= Comías = escribíamos=
El imperfecto The imperfect. In Spanish there are two simple past tenses. The preterit tense, which we learned last semester, is used to state an action.
The Imperfect Tense Knowing When to Use the Imperfect.
GRAMÁTICA El Imperfecto: PARTE I. The Imperfect We have already talked about using the preterit tense to talk about events that have already occurred.
Grammar Point: Preterite of -ar verbs Yo -é Nosotros Nosotras -amos ___ y yo Tú -aste Ud. Él -ó Ella 1 person 1 thing Uds. Ellos -aron Ellas 2+ people.
El imperfecto Use the imperfect tense to talk about actions that happened regularly. In English you often say “used to” or “would” to express this idea.
El Imperfecto  You can use the imperfect in the following ways:   To speak about descriptions in the past: Ella era muy vieja. She was very old. 
El imperfecto. -is another past tense. -expresses what people used to do or tells what somebody was doing in the past. -is used to describe the way things.
Potencial o condicional (potential or conditional) Chapter 7.
Module 5 In Module 4 we learned the preterite tense, which is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past. In Module 5 we learn the imperfecto.
De niña, me gustaba nadar. Cuando era joven, iba a vacaciones con mi famila.
The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Page 194 Realidades 2.
Imperfecto Actions that happened repeatedly in the past; Are not complete, Was happening, or Used to happen. Telling time in the past, and Telling age.
The Imperfect. Notes #17 Standard and Objective n Standard: Students demonstrate an understanding of and interpret written and spoke language on a variety.
EL IMPERFECTO 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.
Review of preterite Yo nadarComer vivir Tú Él Ella Usted Nosotros Ustedes ellos/as } } nadé nadaste nadó nadamos nadaron comíviví comisteviviste comióvivió.
PARA USAR EL IMPERFECTO… We use the imperfect to talk about things that used to happen in the past.  Things that were ongoing or habitual actions (ie-
The imperfect tense The imperfect is another way to express the past. To talk about something you used to do as a matter of habit. cant ar -to sing To.
Regular Verbs THE IMPERFECT TENSE.  Repeated actions in the past  Habitual actions in the past WHAT IS THE IMPERFECT TENSE?
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Imperfect To talk about what you used to do or what you were like in the past use the imperfect.
25 DE FEBRERO. Warm-Up #85 Complete the sentence with a vocab term or phrase. Write out the sentence. 1. De niño(a), soñaba con ser El día de mi.
El Imperfecto Was, were, used to.
El imperfecto.
El imperfecto.
EL IMPERFECTO.
Past Tense There are two past tenses in Spanish: the Imperfect