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1 El Imperfecto de los verbos
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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 (pretérito) PAST WHEN
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Remember this? We’ve already learned one way of talking about the past: the preterite. It’s used to describe single actions that started and ended in the past. Examples: Tomaron el examen el lunes pasado. Gabriela recibió la mejor nota de todos los estudiantes. El año pasado, fui a Costa Rica de vacaciones. Lo pasé muy bien. Pedro se levantó, fue al baño, y se duchó.
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Or how about…? … actions that started in the past but didn’t finish (as far as we know): I was walking to work when I saw an accident. She was tired and hungry.
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What about…? … actions that happen more than once in the past? I used to live in Peoria. Every Christmas the whole family would get together for a big dinner.
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6 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
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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
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El imperfecto The peterite tells us _____________when an action took place. The imperfect tells us in ________________. specifically general
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9 Translation OF THE IMPERFECT 1.Used to + infinitive 2.Was/were + “-ing” form of the verb
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What does El imperfecto express? “What you used to do” expressions: De niño/a – As a child De pequeño/a – as a child/as a small child De chiquito/a – as a small child Cuando era niño/a – When I was a child Cuando era joven – When I was young Cuando tenía quince años – When I was 15
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11 FORMATION OF IMPERFECT To conjugate regular –ar verbs in the imperfect 1. Drop the infinitive ending 2. Add “aba” abaábamos abasabais abaaban
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12 (-ar verbs) tomaba tomabas tomaba tomábamos tomabais tomaban Por ejemplo: tomar
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13 (-ar verbs) trabaj Por ejemplo: trabajar aba abas aba ábamos abais aban
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To conjugate regular –er/-ir verbs in the imperfect 1. Drop the infinitive ending 2. Add “ía” íaíamos íasíais íaían
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(-er / -ir verbs) comía comías comía comíamos comíais comían Por ejemplo: comer
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16 (-er/-ir verbs) viv Por ejemplo: ía ías ía íamos íais ían
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17 LOS IRREGULARES: There are only _________ irregular verbs in the imperfect. 1.ser=______________2. ir=_____________ veíaveíamos veíasveíais veíaveían EraÉramos ErasErais Eraeran IbaÍbamos IbasIbais Ibaiban 3 Used to be/wasUsed to go/was going 3. ver= used to see/was seeing
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Some words and phrases indicate repetitive, vague or non-specific time frames, and therefore signal the use of the imperfect. 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)
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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)
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