Grammar 2 Flashcards
Volver means to return.
Volver a + ( Infinitive ) means an action is repeated . It means to do again.
Ella vuelve a ( ) a Chile .
She is traveling again to Chile .
Viajar ( infinitive)
Volver a
Stem changing verbs
E changes to i
Usually except in the we form . Pedir Seguir Servir Decir
So what is : he asks for
El Pide
Stem
changing verbs
Pedir
Seguir
Servir
Decir
Hint 1 : In the stem : E changes to i
Except in we form
Hint 2 : They are ir verbs but the endings use an e
What is : He asks for: He follows He serves He says
he serves
Pide
Sigue
Sirve
Dice
Stem changing verbs - present
Pedir
seguir
Servir
Decir
Hint 1: the e changes to an i
What is : I ask for I follow I serve I say
Pido
Sigo
Sirvo
Digo
Stem changing - present
Pedir
Seguir
Servir
Decir
Hint1:Change from e to i except in nostros
What is : We ask fo We follow We serve We say
Pedimos
Seguimos
Servimos
Decimos
Imperfect tense
Happened in past
The imperfect is one of the two simple past tenses in Spanish. It is used for ongoing or recurrent actions in the past. What someone WAS DOING . Before being interrupted! It is also used for descriptions, states of being, and for providing background information about the past.
USED TO / WOULD do
USED FOR TIME , age dates
Remove the ar , er ,ir and add…?
Only 3 irregular verbs IR/ SER / VER
AR verbs :
Yo - aba Tu - abas El/ ella usted-aba ( same as yo) Nostros -ábamos Ustedes- aban
Only exceptions / irregular are ser , ir , ver
Er/ ir verbs
Yo - ía Tu-ías El/ ella /usted - ía Nostros - íamos Ustedes- ían
imperfect tense
is used to describe PAST habitual actions or to talk about what someone WAS DOING when they were interrupted by something else.
IR one of only 3 irregular imperfect past tense verbs. The other 2 are ser and ver
IRREGULAR
Regular AR VERBS in the imperfect tense end in aba , abas abamos aban . Regular er/ir verbs end in ia , ias, ia,iamos , ian
The verb IR - to go is IRREGULAR
IT IS :
Iba - I would go or i was going or i used to go
Ibas- you would go or was going or you used to go
Iba - he would go
Ibamos- we would go
Iban - they would go
Imperfect tense
general, the imperfect is used to talk about past actions, conditions, or events that occurred habitually or repeatedly or that were in progress at a point in the past. It is also used to tell time, talk about dates, give a person’s age, and describe characteristics, conditions, and feelings in the past.
SER is one of the 3 irregular verbs .
Regular ir/er verbs in the imperfect tense end in. : ia , ias, iamos, ian but ser is ONE OF THE 3 IRREGULAR verbs .
SER - imperfect tense Yo era. I was Tu eras. You were El era. He was , it was Nostros éramos. We were Ustedes eran
It was may 9th. Era el 9 de Mayo.
My professor was tall . Mi professor era alto.
It was 3 oclock . Eran las tres de la tarde .
imperfect tense
is used to describe past habitual actions or to talk about what someone was doing when they were interrupted by something else.
VER. Is one of 3 irregular verbs , ser , ir
Yo veía Tu veías El veía Nostros veíamos Ellos veían
Yo and nostros are the same !
Removed the infinitive er and added the ía like other imperfect tense er verbs but it is irregular because the e was left on ! So it is not as irregular as ser and ir !
Preterite - happened in the …..
PAST
Preterite
Happened in the past
Completed or ongoing ?
Completed event in the past
Preterite- past completed event
?
Y tu
Remember from Carlos
The t sounds more like a “d”than a “ t”
Is the imperfect tense for past or future events?
Imperfect is for PAST Events
Especially habits, i used to etc
Especially things i did all the time continuously
What is the ending for imperfect ( past continuous) events ?
For ar verbs ?
Remove the ar from the infinitive and add
- Aba Abas Aba Abamos Aban
