Talk About the Past Using the Imperfect (el imperfecto)

Talk About the Past Using the Imperfect (el imperfecto) Sra. Lear Español 2 Unidad 2 Etapa 1

You’ve already learned to use the preterite tense to speak about completed actions in the past. jugar-to play correr- to run -ar verbs -er/ir verbs

Orthographic Spelling Changes • Thesechangesonlyoccur in thetheyoform : • If the verb ends in… • -carqué ex: sacar: yo saqué yo jugué • -gar  gué ex: jugar: yo almorcé • -zar =cé ex: almorzar:

Now you will learn about another past tense called the imperfect. • to speak about background events in a story. • to talk about something you used to do as a matter of habit (things you used to do) • to speak about how old someone was • to say what time it was You can use the imperfect in the following ways:

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. Los niños jugaban todos los días.The kids would play everyday. (no definite beginning or end)

Conjugating Imperfect Verbs -remove the –ar, -er or –ir and add the appropriate ending: -ar verbs -er, -ir verbs

Imperfect Verbs • jugar-to play • tener-to have

Here are the only verbs that don’t follow the pattern. ser-to be ir-to go ver-to see

Talk About the Past Using the Imperfect (el imperfecto)