Imperfect tense vs. preterit tense What are the differences between the two past tenses in Spanish?

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Imperfect tense vs. preterit tense What are the differences between the two past tenses in Spanish?

Imperfect vs. Preterit tenses Imperfect tense (used to, was, were doing something) Preterit tense (did something) ● What was going on ● Background description in the past ● Completed actions ● Physical, mental, or emotional states in the past ● Series of events in the past ● Habitual or repeated actions in the past ● Beginnings or endings of past events ● Simultaneous activities occurring in the past ● Actions that interrupt an event in progress. ● Weather, time, or age in the past ● Interrupted events

Preterite verb endings AR verbsER/IR verbs There are many irregular verbs in the preterite tense. There is a packet you can download from the website that contains many of the most common ones. -é-amos -aste-asteis -ó-aron -í-imos -iste-isteis -ió-ieron

Imperfect verb endings AR verbsER/IR verbs There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense: IR, SER, and VER IR: iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban SER: era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran VER: veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían -aba-ábamos -abas-abais -aba-aban -ía-íamos -ías-íais -ía-ían

Words/phrases used with the preterit tense a esa horaat that timeayer por la tarde yesterday afternoon en ese momentoat that moment anochelast nightayer por la nochelast night hace (dos) años/días (two) years/days ago anteanochethe night before lastel año pasadolast yearhoy por la mañanathis morning ante ayer the day before yesterday el (lunes) pasadolast (Monday)la semana pasadalast week ayer al mediodíayesterday at noonel mes pasadolast monthuna vezone time ayer por la mañanayesterday morningel otro díathe other day durante (tres) siglos for (three) centuries ayeryesterdayentoncesthenla semana pasadalast week desde el primer momento from the first moment esta mañanathis morningesta tardethis afternoon

Words/phrases used with the imperfect tense a menudooftenfrecuentementefrequentlyrara vezrarely a vecessometimesgeneralmenteusuallysiemprealways algunas vecesat timesmientraswhiletantas veces so many times cada día/semana/mes/año every day/week/month/year muchas vecesmany times todas las semanas every week con frecuenciafrequently mucho nunca a lot never todos los años every year casi nuncaalmost neverpor lo generalgenerally todos los días everyday de vez en cuandoonce in a whilepor un ratofor a while todo el tiempo all the time en aquella épocaat that timevarias vecesseveral times