El imperfecto In Spanish there are 2 ways to talk about the past 1 the PRETERITE from the last chapter é aste ó 2 the IMPERFECT El imperfecto For now we will ONLY focus on how to form the IMPERFECT tense We will learn how to recognize the differences between t ID: 647486
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¡El imperfecto!
Spanish 2 – Grammar NotesSlide2
El imperfecto
In Spanish, there are 2 ways to talk about the past:
1. the PRETERITE (from the last chapter)
é
,
aste
,
ó
, …
2. the IMPERFECTSlide3
El imperfecto
For now, we will ONLY focus on how to form the IMPERFECT tense. We will learn how to recognize the differences between the two (
preterite
vs
imperfect) in the next chapter.Slide4
El imperfecto
THE GOOD NEWS:
The “
imperfecto
” is the EASIEST verb tense to form in all of SPANISH!!!Slide5
El imperfecto
1. The imperfect tense is used to talk about repeated/habitual actions in the past. Sometimes it is like saying “used to…”
or “was/were” doing something.
Ex: I
used to
go to the beach every summer. Slide6
El imperfecto
2. The imperfect is also used to describe
people, places,
or things in the past.
Ex: I was shy. (or)
The homework was easy.Slide7
El imperfecto
3. Verb endings used in the imperfect tense:
AR
ER / IR
- aba
- aba
-
abas
-
ábamos
-
aban
-
abais
-
ía
-
ía
-
ías
-
íamos
-
ían
-
íaisSlide8
El imperfecto
Try to conjugate the following verbs in the imperfect:
Hablar
VivirSlide9
El imperfecto
ANOTHER AWESOME THING ABOUT THE IMPERFECT:
Verbs that normally have a stem-change don’t change in the imperfect!
Jugar
--->
Jugaba
Tener
--->
Tenía
Dormir
---> DormíaSlide10
El imperfecto
Finally, one last thing: there are ONLY 3 IRREGULAR VERBS in the imperfect!
Ir
Ver
SerSlide11
El imperfecto
IR
iba
iba
ibas
íbamos
iban
ibaisSlide12
El imperfecto
VER
veía
veía
veías
veíamos
veían
veíaisSlide13
El imperfecto
SER
era
era
-
eras
éramos
eran
eraisSlide14
El imperfecto
Common
phrases you will see in sentences that use the imperfect are:
Por
lo general (in general)
Generalmente
(generally)
A menudo (often)
De
vez
en
cuando
(once in a while)
Todos
los días (every day)Siempre
(always)Nunca (never)