102 - ch. 10 stuff Flashcards
(imperfect tense) ar verbs endings: ... ... ... ... .... ...
- aba;
- abas;
- aba;
- ábamos;
- abais;
- aban
(imperfect tense) -er and -ir verbs endings: ... ... ... ... ... ...
- ía;
- ías;
- ía;
- íamos;
- íais;
- ían
(imperfect tense)
only three verbs are irregular in the imperfect: …, …, …
ser;
ir;
ver
(imperfect tense) ser conjugation in imperfect: ... ... ... ... ... ...
era; eras; era; éramos; erais; eran
(imperfect tense) ir conjugation imperfect: ... ... ... ... ... ...
iba; ibas; iba; íbamos; ibais; iban
(imperfect tense) ver conjugation imperfect: ... ... ... ... ... ...
veía; veías; veía; veíamos; veíais; veían
(imperfect tense)
it is used:
- to indicate an action or state viewed as being …
in progress in the past
(imperfect tense)
it is used:
- to indicate a … or … action or state in the past
customary;
repeated
(imperfect tense)
it is used:
- to indicate the … when talking about the past
- to give … in the past or ,…
time of day;
descriptions;
paint the background
(imperfect tense)
the imperfect form of hay is …
había
(imperfect tense) uses of the imperfect: 1. ... or ... actions 2. events or actions that were ... 3. ...
habitual; repeated;
in progress;
physical characteristics
(imperfect tense)
- … or …
- …
- …
mental; emotional states;
telling time;
age
(imperfect tense)
these expressions are often used with the imperfect because they express habitual or repeated actions:
…, …, …
de niño/a;
todos los días;
mientras
(imperfect tense)
use the preterite to:
1. express actions that are viewed by the speaker as …
2. express the … or … of a past action
3. narrate a series of … or …
completed;
beginning; end;
past actions;
events
(imperfect tense)
use the imperfect to:
1. describe an … past action with no reference to its … or …
ongoing;
beginning;
end
(imperfect tense)
use the imperfect to:
2. express … past actions and events
3. describe … and … states or characteristics
habitual;
physical;
emotional
(imperfect tense) these words and expressions, as well as similar ones, commonly occur with the preterite: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... they usually imply that an action has happened at a specific point in time
ayer; anteayer; una vez; dos veces; tres veces; el año pasado; de repente
(imperfect tense) these words and expressions, as well as similar ones, commonly occur with the imperfect: ... ... ... ... ... ... they usually express habitual/repeated actions in the past
de niño/a; todos los días; mientras; siempre; con frecuencia; todos las semanas
(imperfect tense)
the preterite and imperfect often appear in the same sentence. in such cases, the imperfect describes …, while the preterite describes the action that …
what was happening;
interrupted the ongoing activity
(imperfect tense)
in narratives such as fiction, news, and the retelling of events the imperfect provides …, such as …, …., and …, while the preterite indicates the … that occurred
background information; time; weather; location; specific events
se can be used to form constructions in which the person performing the action is not … or is …
expressed;
de-emphasized;
in spanish, verbs that are not reflexive can be used with see to form impersonal constructions. these are statements in which the person performing the action …
note that the third person singular verb form is used with … nouns and the third person plural form is used with …
is not defined;
singular nouns;
plural nouns
you often see the impersonal se in …, …, and …
signs;
advertisements;
directions
se also describes … or …
in this construction, the person who performs the action is de-emphasized, implying that the accident/unplanned event is not their responsibility. the construction is: see + … + … + …
accidental; unplanned events;
indirect object pronoun;
verb;
subject
while spanish has a verb for to fall, there is no direct translation for to drop. …. or a … is often used to mean to drop
dejar caer;
se construction
se construction:
to clarify/emphasize who the person involved in the action is, this construction commonly begins with the preposition … or …
a + noun;
a + prepositional pronoun
to form adverbs, add …. to the … form of the adjective
-mente;
feminine