The Past - Conjugation 02 Flashcards
to talk about the beginning and the end of a past action.
Use 1 of 3? past preterit
to express actions that are completed.
Use 2 of 3? past preterit
to narrate a series of actions that occurred in the past.
Use 3 of 3? past preterit
to talk about habitual actions in the past.
Use 1 of 4? past imperfect
to express past actions in progress with no beginning or end.
Use 2 of 4? past imperfect
to describe physical, mental and emotional states or conditions in the past.
Use 3 of 4? past imperfect
to talk about two actions that occur simultaneously in the past.
Use 4 of 4? past imperfect
When an action in progress in the past is interrupted at a specific moment by another action. The former is expressed with the imperfecto and the latter with the pretérito
When use the preterit and past imperfect together
yo fui
ser (to be) (irreg) yo …? (preterit)
yo era
ser (to be) (irreg) yo …? (imperfect)
tu fuiste
ser (to be) (irreg) tu …? (preterit)
tu eras
ser (to be) (irreg) tu …? (imperfect)
él ,ella, Ud fui
ser (to be) (irreg) él ,ella, Ud …? (preterit)
él ,ella, Ud era
ser (to be) (irreg) él ,ella, Ud …? (imperfect)
nosotros/as fuimos
ser (to be) (irreg) nosotros/as …? (preterit)
