El repaso del imperfecto What you were doing What you used to do What you would (habitually, usually) do What you did routinely

Los usos del imperfecto  El imperfecto  To express repeated, habitual, and/or ongoing actions in the past  To give descriptions: set the scene, provide background info.  To describe mental capacities  To describe physical attributes  To describe emotions  To express ongoing actions  To express habitual actions  To express repeated actions  To express age  To tell time  To tell what was happening when another action occurred  An anticipated action in the past

Las conjugaciones  Ar verbs:Er/Ir verbs: –aba-ía –abas-ías –aba-ía –ábamos-íamos –abais-íais –aban-ían

Los verbos irregulares  SerVerIr  EraVeíaiba  ErasVeíasibas  Eraveíaiba  Éramosveíamosíbamos  Eraisveíaisibais  Eran veíaniban

Estar y Ser EstarSer Estabaera Estabaseras Estabaera Estábamoséramos Estabaiserais Estabaneran

Ser  Origin of a person or thing (el origen)  Identification (la identificación, la nacionalidad, la occupación)  Characteristics (las características) and essential qualities  Telling time (la hora), el día (the day) and date (la fecha)  Time and place of an event (un evento)  With the preposition “de” (possession, material)

estar  Location of a person or thing (la localización)  Sates or Conditions (los estados o las condiciones)  El progresivo (Progressive tenses)

Los adjetivos y los artículos  Remember all articles and adjectives match the noun in number and gender  Una casa roja  A red house  Unas casas rojas  Some red houses

 El curso aburrido  The boring class  Los cursos aburridos  The boring classes  La clase aburrida  Las clases aburridas

 She was from Guatemala  Ella era de Guatemala  They were short, fat and ugly.  Ellos eran bajos, gordos y feos.

 My family and I used to live in a big yellow house  Mi familia y yo vivíamos en una casa grande y amarilla.

 The students (girls) studied every night and then listened to music.  Las alumnas estudiaban cada noche y luego escuchaban la música.

EEEEvery day after school my grandmother would come to our house while my parents were working. VVVVenir/trabajar\ CCCCada día después de la escuela mi abuela venía a nuestra casa mientras mis padres trabajaban.