1 El Imperfecto de los verbos
2 Talking about the past There are ____ past tenses in Spanish. If the action occurred in the______ and the speaker can tell precisely _____ the action occurred use the __________________. 2 PRETERITE (pretréito) PAST WHEN
3 Talking about the past If the action occurred in the______ and the there is no definite beginning or ending use the _________________. Las chicas hablaban en inglés. The girls used to speak in English. (no definite beginning or end) IMPERFECTO (imperfect) PAST
The _________________ (past) tense is like a SNAPSHOT of what happened in the past. The _________________ (past) tense is like an ongoing film of what happened in the past. PRETERITE IMPERFECT
El imperfecto The peterite tells us _____________when an action took place. The imperfect tells us in ________________. specifically general
The Imperfect sets the “scene”. What are some situations that might require the imperfect instead of the preterit? Weather Time Age Physical/personality description
How does it translate to English? There are 4 translations… yo hablaba = I used to talk I was talking I talked I did talk
8 FORMATION OF IMPERFECT To conjugate regular – ar verbs in the imperfect 1. Drop the infinitive ending 2. Add “ aba ” abaábamos abasabais abaaban
9 (-ar verbs) tomaba tomabas tomaba tomábamos tomabais tomaban Por ejemplo: tomar
10 (-ar verbs) trabaj Por ejemplo: trabajar aba abas aba ábamos abais aban
11 (-ar verbs) Necesitar Pensar Mirar Gustar Estar Mandar Dar Hablar Avisar olvidarse ¡A Practicar!
To conjugate regular –er/-ir verbs in the imperfect 1. Drop the infinitive ending 2. Add “ía” íaíamos íasíais íaían
(-er / -ir verbs) comía comías comía comíamos comíais comían Por ejemplo: comer
14 (-er/-ir verbs) viv Por ejemplo: ía ías ía íamos íais ían
15 (-er/-ir verbs) Venir Hacer Decir Conocer saber Salir Poner Poder Pedir conducir ¡A Practicar
16 LOS IRREGULARES: Solamente hay ______ en el imperfecto 1.ser=______________2. ir=_____________ veíaveíamos veíasveíais veíaveían EraÉramos ErasErais Eraeran IbaÍbamos IbasIbais Ibaiban 3 Used to be/was Used to go/was going 3. ver= ___________________ Used to see/was seeing
Some words and phrases indicate repetitive, vague or non-specific time frames, and therefore signal the use of the imperfect. a menudo (often) a veces (sometimes) cada día (every day) cada semana (every week) cada mes (every month) cada año (every year) con frecuencia (frequently) de vez en cuando (from time to time) en aquella época (at that time) frecuentemente (frequently) generalmente (usually) muchas veces (many times) mucho (a lot) nunca (never) por un rato (for awhile) siempre (always) tantas veces (so many times) todas las semanas (every week) todos los días (every day) todo el tiempo (all the time) varias veces (several times)