The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Preterite  You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended.

Presentación del tema: "The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs Preterite  You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended."— Transcripción de la presentación:

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2 The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs

3 Preterite  You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time.

4 Preterite  Ana cantó en la fiesta anoche.  Ana sang at the party last night.  (Completed past action.)

5 Imperfect  The imperfect tense is another way to talk about the past. We use it to describe actions without any indication of their beginning or end.

6 Imperfect  Ana cantaba.  Ana was singing.  (No indication of beginning or end.)

7 Imperfect  We use the imperfect to talk about actions that happened repeatedly in the past. In English we often say “used to” or “would” to express this idea.

8 Imperfect  Generalmente caminaban mucho.  Generally they would walk a lot.

9 Imperfect  Jugaban con otros niños de la familia.  They used to play with other children in the family.

10 Imperfect  Expressions such as ____________, ________, ____________, ____________, _______, and ______ can cue us to use the imperfect.

11 Imperfect  Here are all the forms of -ar verbs in the imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the __________ form.

12 CAMINAR (to walk) Yo camin____ Tú camin_____ Él Ella camin____ Ud. Nos. camin______ Vos. camin_____ Ellos Ellas camin_____ Uds.

13  Since the yo and the Ud./él/ella forms are the same, we often use the ______________ to avoid confusion. Imperfect

14 Let’s do a few more verbs.

15 PATINAR (to skate) Yo patin_____ Tú patin_____ Él Ella patin____ Ud. Nos. patin_______ Vos. patin______ Ellos Ellas patin______ Uds.

16 USAR (to use) Yo us____ Tú us____ Él Ella us_____ Ud. Nos. us_______ Vos. us______ Ellos Ellas us_____ Uds.

17 JUGAR (to play) Yo jugaba Tú jugabas Él Ella jugaba Ud. Nos. jugábamos Vos. jugabais Ellos Ellas jugaban Uds.

18  Now we will learn the -er/-ir verb endings in the imperfect tense. Imperfect

19 COMER (to eat) Yo com__ Tú com___ Él Ella com___ Ud. Nos. com_____ Vos. com___ Ellos Ellas com____ Uds.

20 VIVIR (to live) Yo viv___ Tú viv____ Él Ella viv___ Ud. Nos. viv___ Vos. viv___ Ellos Ellas viv____ Uds.

21 Let’s review once more.

22 COMER (to eat) Yo comía Tú comías Él Ella comía Ud. Nos. comíamos Vos. comíais Ellos Ellas comían Uds.

23 VIVIR (to live) Yo vivía Tú vivías Él Ella vivía Ud. Nos. vivíamos Vos. vivíais Ellos Ellas vivían Uds.