El Imperfecto Or….another past tense.

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1 El Imperfecto Or….another past tense

2 Meaning: The Imperfect tense is used to describe actions in the past that…..
were habits Describe (people, places, things, etc) Tell time Talk about the weather Talk about ONGOING things that used to be done Describe simultaneous past activities Talk about someone’s age

3 Verbs that end in –AR: yo = Nosotros = aba tú = ábamos Ud. = Uds. =
(él, ella) (ellos, ellas) aba ábamos abas aban aba

4 Verbs that end in –er, -ir:
yo = nosotros = tú = Ud. = Uds. = (él, ella) (ellos, ellas) ía íamos ías ían ía

5 Irregulars There are only THREE of them….aren’t you so relieved…

6 Ser: to Be yo = nosotros = tú = Ud. = Uds. = (él, ella) (ellos, ellas)
era éramos eras era eran

7 Ir- to go yo = nosotros = tú = Ud. = Uds. = (él, ella) (ellos, ellas)
iba íbamos ibas iba iban

8 Ver: to See yo = nosotros = tú = Ud. = Uds. =
(él, ella) (ellos, ellas) veía veíamos veías veía veían

9 AL WEPT A: age, attitude, appearance L: location W: weather E: emotion
P: physical attributes T: time

10 Practice: 1. Cada día, mis amigos y yo __________ pizza. (comer)
2. Ella _________ con mi amiga cada viernes. (hablar) comíamos Every day my friends and I ate pizza. hablaba She talked to my friend every friday.

11 More examples… Eran estudiaba
3. ________ las dos y media cuando llovía. (ser) 4. Cada estudiante __________ español. (estudiar) Eran It was 2:30 when it was raining. estudiaba Every student used to study Spanish.