EL IMPERFECTO Yay!!!!
KEY POINTS: Deals with only ONE dimension: a past point of view Preterite deals with TWO: past and completion ONLY 3 IRREGULARS Ser, Ir, Ver Dealing with past states and events while they are still going on NOT beginning sor endings
-AR VERBS aba abas aba ábamos abais aban *NOTE: More frequent use of subject pronouns is required for clarity
EJEMPLO - JUGAR jugaba jugabas jugaba jugábamos jugabais jugaban
PRÁCTICA Write the conjugations of: CANTAR HABLAR
-ER/-IR VERBS *NOTE: More frequent use of subject pronouns is required for clarity ía ías ía íamos íais ían
EJEMPLO REGULAR - PODER podía podías podía podíamos podíais podían
EJEMPLO IRREGULAR - SER era eras era éramos erais eran
EJEMPLO IRREGULAR - IR iba ibas iba íbamos ibais iban
EJEMPLO IRREGULAR - VER veía veías veía veíamos veíais veían
PRÁCTICA Write the conjugations of: CORRER DORMIR
PRÁCTICA 1. estar -- to be: Navid nunca _________ enojado. 2. ver -- to see: Los chicos _______ a las chicas en el jardín. 3. estudiar -- to study: Los alumnos siempre ____________ antes de los examenes. 4. estudiar -- to study: Tú siempre __________ antes de un examen. 5. poder -- to be able: Tú no __________ beber nada. estaba veían estudiaban estudiabas podías
PRÁCTICA 6. estar -- to be: Vosotros nunca _________ preocupados. 7. escribir -- to write: A veces tú ________ pocas cartas. 8. ir -- to go: Uds. siempre ________ al teatro. 9. ser -- to be: __________la una de la tarde. 10. poder -- to be able: María _______ ayudarle a Juan. estabais escribías iban Era podía
JUEGO Teams run to board for conjugations OR Palomitas with ball
FUNCIONES Same “aspect” as Present Tense Action still in progress at the time of reference Mental position of the observer is within the time of the action
Present : AHORA (now); ACTUALMENTE (at present) Imperfect : ENTONCES (then); ANTES (formerly) CUSTOMARY NOW Soy estudiante (ahora). (I am a student.) Estudio todos los días. (I study every day.) Tengo 19 años. (I am 19 years old.) Voy cada semana. (I go every week.) CUSTOMARY THEN Era estudiante (entonces). (I was a student.) Estudiaba todos los días. (I studied every day.) Tenía 12 años. (I was 12 years old.) Iba cada semana. (I went each week.) (I used to go each week.) (I would go each week.)
IN PROGRESS NOW Voy a casa ahora. (I’m going home now – on my way.) FUTURE TO NOW Voy a casa al rato. (I´m going home in a while.) IN PROGRESS THEN Iba a casa entonces. (I was going home then.) FUTURE TO THEN Iba a casa al rato. (I was going home in a while.) Present : AHORA (now); ACTUALMENTE (at present) Imperfect : ENTONCES (then); ANTES (formerly)
ACTIVIDAD DE CONVERSACIÓN UNO You are an exchange student from Mexico and want to find out about your American host brother’s/sister’s weekend and summer activities when he/she was in high school. Ask: a) what activites there were for high school students in the community b) what he/she generally did with friends ont he weekends; and c) what he/she usually did in the summer.
ACTIVIDAD DE CONVERSACIÓN DOS You are the American host brother/sister of an exchange student from Mexico (your classmate). Answer his/her questions about your weekend and summer activites when you were in high school. Provide lots of detail to give your guest a good idea of your activities and of life in your community.