The imperfect tense: regular verbs  1. The imperfect tense is used to talk about the past, but it has different uses than the preterite.  2. The imperfect.

Presentación del tema: "The imperfect tense: regular verbs  1. The imperfect tense is used to talk about the past, but it has different uses than the preterite.  2. The imperfect."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 The imperfect tense: regular verbs  1. The imperfect tense is used to talk about the past, but it has different uses than the preterite.  2. The imperfect tense is used to:  A. Tell what time it was  B. Tell what the weather was like when something happened  C. Tell what someone used to do  D. Tell what things were like  C. Tell about actions thta happened repeatedly in the past  3. We do not know exactly if the action is completed.  Example: Angelica patinaba.  Angélica used to skate.

2 Conjugation of –ar, -er, and –ir verbs in the imperfect-tense form  Pronounshablar comervivir  Yohablaba comíavivía  Túhablabascomíasvivías  Él/ella/ustedhablabacomíavivía  Nosotros/ashablabamoscomíamosvivíamos  Ellos/ellas/ustedeshablabancomíanvivían  Drop the –ar, -er, and –ir and add the new endings.

3 The verb jugar: to play  PronounVerb Jugar  Yojugaba  Tújugabas  Él/ella/ustedjugaba  Nosotros/asjugabamos  Ellos/ellas/ustedesjugaban  Drop the –ar and add the new endings.

4 The verb querer: to want  PronounVerb Querer  Yoquería  Túquerías  Él/ella/ustedquería  Nosotros/asqueríamos  Ellos/ellas/ustedesquerían

5 The verb tener: to have  PronounsVerb tener (to have)  Yotenía  Tútenías  Él/ella/ustedtenia  Nosotros/asteníamos  Ellos/ellas/ustedestenían  Drop the –er and add new endings.

6  The verb haber: There was/there were  PronounsVerb haber (there was/there were  Yohabía  Túhabías  Él/ella/ustedhabía  Nosotros/ashabíamos  Ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían  Drop the –er and add new endings.

7 Imperfect tense: irregular verbs: The verb ir: to go  1. There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense: ir, ser and ver.  PronounsVerb IR (to go)  Yoiba  Túibas  Él/ella/ustediba  Nosotros/asíbamos  Ellos/ellas/ustedesiban

8 The verb ser: to be  PronounsVerb Ser (to be)  Yoera  Túeras  Él/ella/ustedera  Nosotros/aséramos  Ellos/ellas/ustedeseran

9 The verb ver: to see  PronounsVerb Ver (to see)  Yoveía  Túveías  Él/ella/ustedveía  Nosotros/asveíamos  Ellos/ellas/ustedesveían

10  1. Reciprocal Actions: involve two or more people doing something to or for each other, such as helping one another or calling one another.  2. to show that an action is reciprocal, use the reciprocal pronouns nos or se with a plural verb form  Ayudarse: to help each other  Nosotros, nosotras nos ayudamoswe help each other  Ustedesse ayudanyou help each other  Ellos, ellase ayudanthey help each other  Nosotros nos vemos en el espejo.  We see ourselves in the mirror.

11 Other verbs commonly used to express reciprocal actions  Abrazarse: se abrazanto hug each other  Ayudarse: se ayudanto help each other  Quererse: se quieren to love each other  Respetarse: se respetanto respect each other  Contarse: se cuentanto tell each other stories/jokes