leccion 7 - preterite/imperfect tenses Flashcards
imperfect -ar conjugations
aba, abas, aba, ábamos, aban
imperfect -er/ir conjugations
ía, ías, ía, íamos, ían
preterite -ar conjugations
é, aste, ó, amos, aron
preterite -er/ir conjugations
í, iste, ió, imos, ieron
ver (to see) preterite conjugations
vi, viste, vio, vimos, vieron
true or false: ir and ser have the same preterite conjugations
true!
ir- to go (went) and
ser- to be (was, were) preterite conjugations
fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron
dar- to give preterite conjugations
di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron
(-er/ir conjugations instead of -ar with this irregular)
there was or there were in spanish
haber
preterite of there was/there were
hubo
tener (to have) preterite conjugations
tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvieron
hacer (to make) preterite conjugations
hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicieron
querer (to want) preterite conjugations
quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisieron
dice (to say) preterite conjugations
dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijieron
poner (to put) preterite conjugations
puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusieron
traer (to bring) preterite conjugations
traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajeron
venir (to come) preterite conjugations
vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinieron
(no accents, yo and él/ella form switched)
dormir (to sleep) preterite conjugations
dormí, dormiste, durmió, dormimos, durmieron
morir (to die) preterite conjugations
morí, moriste, murió, morimos, murieron
-car preterite rules (yo)
car —> qué
e.g. buscar –> busqué
-gar preterite rules (yo)
gar —-> gué
e.g. llegar –> llegué
-zar preterite rules (yo)
zar —> cé
e.g. empezar –> empecé
when do you use preterite?
SPECIFICCCC
1. completed action
2. series of completed actions
3. an interruption of another action
when do you use imperfect?
GENERAL
1. weather
2. age
3. daily habits
3. characteristics
4. time
5. emotion
6. simultaneous actions mientras (while) = imperfect
what are the three irregulars of the imperfect?
ir, ser, and ver
ir (to go) imperfect conjugations
iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban
ser (to be) imperfect conjugations
era, eras, era, éramos, eran
ver (to see) imperfect conjugations
veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veían