Imperfect Tense Flashcards
What are the uses of the imperfect tense?
She was dancing.
She was cooking.
was -ing
What are the imperfect endings of -ar verbs?
What are the imperfect endings of -er verbs?
What are the imperfect endings of -ir verbs?
Are there stem changes in the imperfect tense?
NO
What is the imperfect form of hay?
había (there was; there were; there used to be)
What are the imperfect forms of ir?
What are the imperfect forms of ser?
What are the imperfect forms of ver?
What’s the difference between the imperfect and preterite tenses?
Imperfect: used to describe actions that are seen by the speaker as incomplete or continuing, expresses what was happening at a certain time or how things used to be
Preterite: expresses a completed action
What are common ways the imperfect and preterite tenses are used together?
How do you form impersonal constructions with se?
How do you use se for unplanned events?
Also, with this construction se becomes the subject and is what agrees with the verb (as opposed to the indirect object pronoun agreeing with the verb)
What are some verbs commonly used with se?
caer (to fall; to drop)
dañar (to damage; to break down)
olvidar (to forget)
to lose (perder (e:ie))
to be left behind (quedar)
to break (romper)
to fall; to drop
caer
to damage; to break down
dañar
to forget
olvidar
to lose
perder (e:ie)
to be left behind
quedar
to break
romper
How do you make most adverbs in Apanish?
Ad -mente to the end, like -ly in English
EX: verdaderamente (truly, really), generalmente (generally), simplemente (simply)
