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Preterite or Imperfect? Preterite or Imperfect? You’ve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”: Ser/estar Masculine/feminine Here’s another one: Preterite/imperfect

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Preterite or Imperfect?Preterite or Imperfect? You’ve probably

realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”: Ser/estar Masculine/feminine

Here’s another one: Preterite/imperfect

Page 2: Preterite or Imperfect? Youve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky pairs: Ser/estar Masculine/feminine Heres another one: Preterite/imperfect.

Preterite or Imperfect?Preterite or Imperfect? Spanish has two basic ways

to talk about the past: Preterit Imperfect

In this slide show, we’ll look at some of the differences in how each tense in used.

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PreteritePreterite Let’s review some of the

main uses of the preterite. This verb tense is used when we talk about a past action that happened one time OR interrupted something

already going on OR was the beginning of an

event OR was the end of an event.

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Past actions that happened Past actions that happened onceonce

Juan se levantó a las 6:00. Gloria llegó tarde a clase. Fui a España el verano

pasado. ¿Hiciste la tarea?

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InterruptionsInterruptions El teléfono sonó [rang]

mientras [while] yo dormía.

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The beginning of an eventThe beginning of an event

Cristóbal Colón llegó a las Américas en 1492.

La película empezó a las 3:00.

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The end of an eventThe end of an event Terminé el proyecto a

la medianoche. Los Osos de Chicago

ganaron el campeonato de fútbol americano.

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ImperfectImperfect Next let’s review some of

the main uses of the imperfect. This verb tense is used when we talk about the past:

actions that happened/used to happen many times (habitual actions) OR

action that was in progress (“was …ing”) OR

to describe a situation, place, person or things in general

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Repeated or habitual actions in Repeated or habitual actions in the pastthe past

Don Diego fumaba puros cubanos cuando era joven pero ahora él ya no fuma.

Cuando yo tenía 15 años, yo bailaba salsa todos los fines de semana.

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Past action in progressPast action in progress A las 3:00, los

estudiantes escuchaban mientras la profesora hablaba.

El teléfono sonó [rang] mientras [while] yo dormía.

¿Qué hacías ayer a las 4:00?

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Description of a situationDescription of a situation

To describe people, places, and situations (ongoing actions) in the past:

- Mis amigos eran muy amables.- La casa tenía cuatro dormitorios.- Los estudiantes estudiaban cuando el director entró en la clase.

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Conjugaciones del Imperfecto Regular

hablar comer vivir

hablaba comía vivía

hablabas comías vivías

hablaba comía vivía

hablábamos comíamos vivíamos

hablabais comíais vivíais

hablaban comían vivían

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Conjugaciones Imperfecto Irregular

ir (to go) 

ser (to be) 

ver (to see) 

iba íbamos era éramos veía veíamos

ibas ibais eras erais veías veíais

iba iban era eran veía veían

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Conjugación del pretérito regular

hablar comer vivir

hablé comí viví

hablaste comiste viviste

habló comió vivió

hablamos comimos vivimos

hablasteis comisteis vivisteis

hablaron comieron vivieron

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Conjugación Irregular de algunos verbos

dar - to give ser - to be ir - to go

yo di fui fui

tú diste fuiste fuiste

usted, él, ella dio fue fue

nosotros dimos fuimos fuimos

vosotros disteis fuisteis fuisteis

ustedes, ellos, ellas

dieron fueron fueron

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That’s all, folks!That’s all, folks! Preterite

one-time past event OR

interruption OR the beginning or

end of an event.

Imperfect Repeated/habitual

past action OR was in progress

(“was …ing”) OR to describe a

situation in the past.