preverit VS imperfect Flashcards
actions that began and ended at a specific time
preterit
continuing actions, to express things that were already going on or where in progress
imperfect
actions that happened a specific number of times, beginning or ending of an action
preterit
sequence of past events
preterit
habitual or repeated actions in the past
imperfect
background information
imperfect
to sum up an event to give an outcome
preterit
weather
imperfect
time
imperfect
age
imperfect
what someone was going to do ir+a+infinitive
imperfect
simultaneous actions
imperfect
action and then interupted
imperfect then preterit
conocer preterit
to meet
conocer imperfect
to know
poder preterit
to manage succeed
poder imperfect
to be able, to be allowed
no poder preterit
to be unable, unsuccessful
no poder imperfect
to have trouble
querer preterit
to want to ( to try)
querer imperfect
to want to (to feel like)
no querer preterit
to refuse
no querer imperfect
to not feel like
saber preterit
to find out
