Conversacion Practice the conversation on pg 118 with your face partner.
Préterito Preterite tense: Past tense in Spanish Uses: Completed actions. Very specific time when the action took place. Common signal words: Ayer, el día/semana/mes/año pasado
Imperfecto Imperfect tense: Another way of expressing the past tense in Spanish. Uses: Habitual or repeated actions, actions without a definite beginning or ending, background details(what something was like) Common signal words: Cada, siempre, cuando, used to
Imperfecto Endings -AR verbs -aba, abas, aba, ábamos, aban -ER/-IR verbs -ía, ías, ía, íamos, ían
Imperfecto Ejemplo -AR verbs -hablaba, hablabas, hablaba, hablábamos, hablaban -ER/-IR verbs -comía, comías, comía, comíamos, comían
Imperfecto Prática: Conjugate Bailar & Vivir -AR verbs -bailaba, bailabas, bailaba, bailábamos, bailaban -ER/-IR verbs -vivía, vivías, vivía, vivíamos, vivían
Imperfecto Prática: Translate the following sentences. I used to eat pizza. We used to live in Argentina. Sra. Smith used to teach at WHS. Every Saturday they play baseball. The little girl was 5 years old.
Préterito vs Imperfecto Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaDYhZMUAew