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.

Presentación del tema: "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."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 EL IMPERFECTO Yay!!!!

2 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

3 -AR VERBS aba abas aba ábamos abais aban *NOTE: More frequent use of subject pronouns is required for clarity

4 EJEMPLO - JUGAR jugaba jugabas jugaba jugábamos jugabais jugaban

5 PRÁCTICA  Write the conjugations of:  CANTAR  HABLAR

6 -ER/-IR VERBS *NOTE: More frequent use of subject pronouns is required for clarity ía ías ía íamos íais ían

7 EJEMPLO REGULAR - PODER podía podías podía podíamos podíais podían

8 EJEMPLO IRREGULAR - SER era eras era éramos erais eran

9 EJEMPLO IRREGULAR - IR iba ibas iba íbamos ibais iban

10 EJEMPLO IRREGULAR - VER veía veías veía veíamos veíais veían

11 PRÁCTICA  Write the conjugations of:  CORRER  DORMIR

12 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

13 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

14 JUEGO  Teams run to board for conjugations  OR  Palomitas with ball

15 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

16 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.)

17  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)

18 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.

19 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.