Imperfect Flashcards
Purpose of preterite and imperfect
To talk about the past
How to use preterite
to speak about completed actions in the past
What’s imperfect?
equivalent to “used to…”
Uses of imperfect?
- Habitual
- Age
- Descriptive
- Time
- Continuous
Habitual?
Talk about something that used to happen
Descriptive
Speak about background events in a story (mientras)
use of Ser
used for time
verb for weather?
hacer
estar
Time
to say what time it was or talk about the weather
Continuous
past events that don’t have definite starting or ending points
Imperfect does not have
Stem changing verbs
Irregular Yo verbs
Special stem verbs
How to conjugate AR verbs?
aba abas aba ábamos aban
How to conjugate ER/ IR verbs?
ía ías ía íamos ían
3 irregular verbs in imperfect tense?
ser, ir, ver
How to conjugate ser
era eras era éramos erais eran
How to conjugate ir
iba ibas iba íbamos ibais iban
How to conjugate ver
veía veías veía veíamos veíais veían
A menudo
often
a veces
sometimes
cada día
everyday
cada año
every year
frequently
con frequencia
frequentemente
De vez en cuando
from time to time
en aquella época
at that time
