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THE IMPERFECT TENSE:REGULAR VERBS
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PRETERITE• You have already learned to talk
about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time.
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PRETERITE• Ana cantó en la fiesta anoche.• Ana sang at the party last night.
• Completed past action
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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.
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IMPERFECT• Ana cantaba.• Ana was singing.
• No indication of beginning or end.
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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.
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IMPERFECT• Caminaban mucho.• They would walk a lot.
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IMPERFECT
• Jugaban con otros niños de la familia.• They used to play with other children
in the family.
• Most present tense irregular verbs/stem-changers only are irregular/stem-change in present tense.
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IMPERFECT• Expressions such as generalmente,
a menudo, muchas veces, todos los días, siempre, and nunca can cue us to use the imperfect.
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IMPERFECT• Here are all the forms of -ar verbs
in the imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the nosotros form.
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Yo caminaba
Tú caminabas
Él
Ella caminaba
Ud.
Nos. caminábamos
Vos. caminabais
Ellos
Ellas caminaban
Uds.
CAMINAR (TO WALK)
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• Since the yo and the Ud./él/ella forms are the same, we often use the subject pronouns to avoid confusion.
Imperfect
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IMPERFECT
Let’s do a few more verbs.
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Yo patinaba
Tú patinabas
Él
Ella patinaba
Ud.
Nos. patinábamos
Vos. patinabais
Ellos
Ellas patinaban
Uds.
PATINAR (TO SKATE)
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Yo usaba
Tú usabas
Él
Ella usaba
Ud.
Nos. usábamos
Vos. usabais
Ellos
Ellas usaban
Uds.
USAR (TO USE)
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Yo jugaba
Tú jugabas
Él
Ella jugaba
Ud.
Nos. jugábamos
Vos. jugabais
Ellos
Ellas jugaban
Uds.
JUGAR (TO PLAY) REMEMBER: JUGAR IS ONLY A STEM-CHANGER IN PRESENT TENSE!
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IMPERFECT• Now we will learn the -er/-ir verb
endings in the imperfect tense.
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Yo comía
Tú comías
Él
Ella comía
Ud.
Nos. comíamos
Vos. comíais
Ellos
Ellas comían
Uds.
COMER (TO EAT)
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Yo vivía
Tú vivías
Él
Ella vivía
Ud.
Nos. vivíamos
Vos. vivíais
Ellos
Ellas vivían
Uds.
VIVIR (TO LIVE)
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Let’s review once more.
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Yo comía
Tú comíasÉlElla comíaUd.
Nos. comíamos
Vos. comíaisEllosEllas comíanUds.
COMER (TO EAT)
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Yo vivía
Tú vivías
Él
Ella vivía
Ud.
Nos. vivíamos
Vos. vivíais
Ellos
Ellas vivían
Uds.
VIVIR (TO LIVE)