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Preterito vs. imperfecto
Repaso D
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Both the preterite and the imperfect are used to talk about things that happened in the past.
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The choice of which to use depends on if you are describing an completed action or a continuous, recurring action in the past.
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You use the preterit to express actions or events that began and ended at a specific time in the past. Ejemplo: Anoche volví a casa.
Last night, I returned home.
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You use the imperfect to talk about a continuous or repeated action in the past. When the action began or ended is unimportant. Ejemplo: Cada noche volvía a casa.
Every night, I returned home.
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Dos acciones pasadas en la misma frase
Often a sentence may have two or more verbs in the past. The verbs may be in the same tense or in different tenses.
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Dos acciones pasadas en la misma frase
1) In the example, both verbs are in the preterite. Both describe simple actions that began and ended at a specific time in the past. Laura llegó ayer y Pepe la vio.
Laura arrived yesterday, and Pepe saw her.
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Dos acciones pasadas en la misma frase2) In the example, both verbs are in the imperfect because they describe habitual/continuous actions. When the actions began or ended is unimportant. Durante el invierno, Adela iba a las montañas a esquiar, pero yo trabajaba.During the winter, Adela went to the mountains to ski, but I worked.
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Dos acciones pasadas en la misma frase3) In the example, the verb estudiaba is in the imperfect; it describes the background—what was going on. The verb entró is in the preterite; it describes the action or event that interrupted the ongoing action. Yo estudiaba cuando Julia entró.
I was studying when Julia entered.