pretirit and imperfect Flashcards

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How do you conjugate regular -er verbs on preterite?

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Preterite: regular -er


-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
ieron

Comer: comí, comiste, comió, comimos, comisteis, comieron

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How do you create a pretiret conjugation with -ar verbs?

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To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the following:
é
aste
ó
amos
asteis
aron
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How do you conjugate -ir verbs to preterite?

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Preterite: regular -ir verbs


-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
ieron

Vivir: viví, viviste, vivió, vivimos, vivisteis, vivieron

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How do you conjugate a -ar verb to imperfect?

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To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the imperfect, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the following:

aba
abas
aba
ábamos
abais
aban
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How do you conjugate -er and -or verbs in imperfect?

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To conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the imperfect, simply drop the ending (-er or -ir) and add one of the following:

ía
ías
ía
íamos
íais
ían
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What is the pretiret used for?

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Generally speaking, the preterite is used for actions in the past that are seen as completed. Use of the preterite tense implies that the past action had a definite beginning and definite end

Juan habló de la una hasta las dos.
Juan spoke from one until two o’clock.
(clearly stated beginning and end)

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What is the imperfect used for?

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Generally speaking, the imperfect is used for actions in the past that are not seen as completed. Use of the imperfect tense implies that the past action did not have a definite beginning or a definite end.

Las chicas hablaban en inglés.

The girls used to speak in English.
(no definite beginning or end)

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What’s the difference between pretiret and imperfect?

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The preterite tells us specifically when an action took place.
The imperfect tells us in general when an action took place.

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Conjugate hablar, comer, vivir totally in imperfect

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hablar	comer	vivir
hablaba	comía	vivía
hablabas	comías	vivías
hablaba	comía	vivía
hablábamos	comíamos	vivíamos
hablabais	comíais	vivíais
hablaban	comían	vivían
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What is used for actions you complete habitually?

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The imperfect is used for actions that were repeated habitually.

Almorzábamos juntos todos los días.
We would lunch together every day.

Las señoras siempre charlaban por las mañanas.
The ladies would always chat in the mornings.

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Translate: I spoke (simple past tense)

A

Hablè

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Translate: I studied (simple past)

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Estudiè

Preterite

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What tense is so regular that it only has three irregular conjugations?

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Imperfect.

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What English verb forms translate to Imperfect?

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If the English verb form includes, or could include, “used to”, or in past progressive tense, as in “was playing”, were studying

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Translate: I was studying in my room

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Yo estudiaba en mi cuarto

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What conjugation generally tells: “what happened” during a FIXED time period?

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Preterite.

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What conjugation tells “How things used to be” or “what was going on” repeatedly over a PERIOD of time?

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Imperfect.

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Translate with correct conjugation:

What DID Robert DO last summer?

He WENT to Mexico.

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¿Què HIZO (preterite) Roberto el verano pasado? FUE (preterite) a Mèxico.

“What happened?” - preterite.

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Translate with correct conjugation:

During his childhood, where DID Robert GO for the summer? He WENT to Mexico.

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“En su juventud, ¿adónde IBA Roberto durante el verano? “
“IBA a México”
Imperfect in both cases. Asking “how things used to be”. “Did go” and “went” = imperfect.

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Translate with correct conjugation:

I WAS READING when HE ARRIVED

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“Leía cuando llegó”

Leía = imperfect. Llegó = preterite.