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EL PRETÉRIT
O Y E
L
IMPERFECTO
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In English… …you can use the simple past
tense for actions in the past, whether they were COMPLETED or not. To emphasize that an action was in progress, you use the past progressive tense. (Pedro was swimming.)
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In Spanish…...there are two tenses used to communicate in the past tense. These are the PRETERITE and the IMPERFECT.
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EL PRETÉRITO Used to describe an action or series of actions COMPLETED in the past.Ayer yo hablé con mi hermana.
El IMPERFECTOUsed to describe ongoing, habitual actions or states of being in the past without focusing on a beginning or end.Siempre hablaba con mi hermana.
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EL IMPERFECTO
Describes actions that USED to happenOngoing, habitual actions or states of being
Cuando yo era niña, me gustaban los deportes.When I was a child, I liked sports.
Siempre jugaba al basquetbol por las noches.I always played basketball in the evenings.
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TERMINACIONES DEL IMPERFECTO
AR
aba ábamos
abas --------
aba aban
ER / IR
ía íamos
ías --------
ía ían
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EJEMPLOS DE VERBOS EN EL IMPERFECTO
amar
amaba amábamos
amabas --------
amaba amaban
comer
comía comíamos
comías --------
comía comían
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COMPLETA LAS FRASES
Yo siempre (practicar) al fútbol americano.
Cada verano nosotros (jugar) al softball.
Ellos siempre (comer) fruta antes de los partidos.
Tú (correr) rapidamente cuando (tener) ocho años.
practicaba
jugábamos
comíancorrías tenías
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IRREGULARES DEL IMPERFECTO
ir
iba íbamos
ibas --------
iba iban
ser
era éramos
eras --------
era eran
verveía veíamos
veías --------
veía veían
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COMPLETA LAS FRASES.
Yo siempre (ser) muy bonita como una niña.
Ella (ir) a Méxio cada verano cuando (ser) joven.
Tú siempre (ver) a tus amigos durante la escuela.
Nosotros (ser) niños buenos.
era
iba era
veíaséramos
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TERMINACIONES DEL PRETÉRITO
AR
é amos
aste --------
ó aron
ER / IR
í imos
iste --------
ió ieron
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EJEMPLOS DE VERBOS EN EL PRETÉRITO
hablar
hablé hablamos
hablaste --------
habló hablaron
comer
comí comimos
comiste --------
comió comieron
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COMPLETA LAS FRASES
Ayer, yo (practicar) al fútbol americano.
El verano pasado, nosotros (jugar) al softball.
Ellos (comer) fruta antes del partido.
Tú (correr) rapidamente ayer.
practiquéjugamos
comieroncorriste
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ALGUNOS IRREGULARES DEL PRETÉRITO
(ir) fui (ser) fui(dar) di
(venir) vine(tener) tuve(hacer) hice(poner) puse
(estar) estuve
(querer) quise
(poder) pude
(saber) supe
(decir) dije
(traer) traje
(andar) anduve
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DON’T FORGET STEM CHANGERS IN 3RD PERSON!
Él/ella/usted & Ellos/ellas/ustedes
o>u, e>i
dormir = durmió/durmieron
pedir = pidió, pidieron
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COMPLETA LAS FRASES.
Yo (ir) a México el verano pasado.
Mi madre me (dar) un regalo para mi cumpleaños.
Ellas (dormir) siete horas anoche.
¿El chico te (pedir) más dinero?
fui
diodurmieron
pidió
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Sometimes you need the imperfect and the preterite in the SAME sentence.
¿Cómo?
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Use the imperfect to tell what was going on in the BACKGROUND
Use the preterite for the SPECIFIC action or the main event.
Yo jugaba al basquetbol cuando me caí y me lastimé la pierna.
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EL PRETÉRITO
EL IMPERFECTO
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La princesa hablaba con el héroe
cuando entró el emperador.
The princes was talking with the hero
when the emperor entered.
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EL IMPERFECTO
EL PRETÉRITO
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Yo miraba la televisión
cuando sonó el telefono.
I was watching tv when the phone rang.
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¿EL PRETÉRITO O EL IMPERFECTO?
Specific instance or number of instancesTú hiciste los ejercicios ayer.
Action that interrupts an ongoing actionElla metió dos goles mientres jugaba el partido.
Focus on beginning or ending of an actionEl partido empezó a las tres.
Enclosed amount of timeYo caminé por tres horas.
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DescriptionYo era muy inteligente como niña.
Used toSiempre jugaba al softball en los veranos.
Was / Were (ing)Ellos estaban muy emocionados.
Inisde thought¿Creías en Papa Noel?
Telling Time Eran las siete de la noche.
¿EL PRETÉRITO O EL IMPERFECTO?
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PALABRAS CLAVESEl pretérito El imperfecto
Una vez SiempreDe repente GeneralmenteFinalmente De vez en cuandoAnteayer Cada díaPor primera vez UsualmenteAyer A menudoUn dia Todos los díasDos veces A vecesEl més pasado MientrasEl sábado Los sábados
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PALABRAS CLAVESEl pretérito El imperfecto
One time AlwaysSuddenly GenerallyFinally Once in a whileThe day before yesterday Every dayFor the first time UsuallyYesterday OftenOne day Every dayTwo times SometimesLast month WhileSaturday saturdays