Perfect and Imperfect Flashcards
What are the irregular verbs in imperfect?
Ser, Ir, Ver
Imperfect conjugation for Ser
Era, eras, era, éramos, eran
Imperfect conjugation for ir
Iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban
Imperfect conjugation for ver
Veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veían
Ending for -ar verbs in imperfect
aba, abas, aba, ábamos, aban
Ending for -er and -ir verbs in imperfect
ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían
Endings for -ar verbs in the preterite
é, aste, ó, amos, aron
Endings for -er and -ir verbs in the preterite
í, iste, ió, imos, ieron
Accent marks for preterite and imperfect
preterite: ONLY ON YO AND EL/ELLA/USTED
imperfect -ar: only on nosotros
imperfect -er/-ir: EVERYTHING
True or false. Irregular verbs do not have accent marks in the preterite.
True
Stem for estar in the preterite
Estuv-
Stem for tener in the preterite
Tuv-
Stem for andar in the preterite
Anduv-
Stem for poder in the preterite
Pud-
Stem for poner in the preterite
Pus-
Stem for saber in the preterite
Sup-
Stem for hacer in the preterite
hic-
Stem for querer in the preterite
quis-
Stem for venir in the preterite
vin-
Stem for decir in the preterite
dij-
Stem for traer in the preterite
Traj-
Dar in the preterite
di, diste, dio, dimos, dieron
Ver in the preterite
vi, viste, vio, vimos, vieron
Stem for conducir in the preterite
conduj-
Ser and ir conjugation in the preterite
Fui fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron
Conjugation of buscar in preterite
yo busQUÉ
everything else normal
Llegar conjugation in the preterite
Yo lleGUÉ
everything else normal
Empezar conjugation in the preterite
Yo empeCÉ
everything else normal
Present tense stem changes in the preterite
Does not carry over into -ar or -er verbs
Only happens in the Ella/ellas forms for -ir
When do you use preterite?
-completed actions
-beginning or end of a past action
-a series of past actions/events
-actions that interrupt another action
-actions that happened x amount of times
When do you use the imperfect?
-past action with no reference to its beginning or end
-habitual past actions and events
-emotions
-characteristics
-age
-time
-weather
Leer in the preterite
Leí, leíste, leyó
leímos, leyeron
Creer in the preterite
Creí, creíste, creyó
Creímos, creyeron
Oír in the preterite
oí, oíste, oyó
oímos, oyeron
caer in the preterite
Caí, caíste, cayó
Caímos, cayeron