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El pretérito contra el imperfecto

El pretérito contra el imperfecto. ¿ Cuándo usamos cada uno ?. El pretérito. El préterito. EJEMPLOS - ¿ Por qué es pretérito ? Carlos played soccer yesterday. Carlos jugó fútbol ayer . Specific action  played soccer Specific time  yesterday Rosa did her homework.

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El pretérito contra el imperfecto

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  1. El pretérito contra el imperfecto ¿Cuándousamoscadauno?

  2. El pretérito

  3. El préterito EJEMPLOS - ¿Porquéespretérito? • Carlos played soccer yesterday. • Carlos jugófútbolayer. • Specific action  played soccer • Specific time  yesterday • Rosa did her homework. • Rosa hizosutarea. • Completed a specific past action

  4. A ahora, ¡escríbense! Con sugrupo, escribe 3 oraciónes en el pretérito y también la razón.

  5. El imperfecto The imperfect is used to indicate the continuance of a past action or event, or to describe a situation in past time. Neither the beginning nor the end of the event or situation is indicated. In particular, we use the imperfect: • To express what was happening (was/were + “ing”), used to happen, or happened repeatedly in the past. • To describe ongoing characteristics of persons or things in the past • To describe a state of mind in the past, we verbs such as creer, querer, pensar, and saber • To express the time of day in the past • To express the weather in the past • To express a person’s age when an event took place

  6. El imperfecto EJEMPLOS - ¿Porquéesimperfecto? • The birds were singing. • Los pájaroscantaban. • Describes what was happening (the birds were singing) • I used to live in Miami. • Yovivía en Miami. • Describes something I “used to do” (I used to live in Miami)

  7. El imperfecto EJEMPLOS - ¿Porquéesimperfecto? • Many times, Tomás would arrive late. • Muchasveces, Tomásllegabatarde. • Describes something that happened repeatedly in the past • You were blond and had blue eyes. • Túerasrubio y teníasojosazules. • Describes what a person or thing was like in the past

  8. El imperfecto EJEMPLOS - ¿Porquéesimperfecto? • It was five in the morning, and it was sunny. • Eranlascinco de la mañana, y hacía sol. • Expresses time of day and weather in the past • I wanted to buy a car. • Yoqueríacomprar un coche. • Describes a state of mind in the past

  9. El pretérito y imperfectojuntos Sometimes the preterite and the imperfect can be used together. This most often happens when: • describing circumstance and conditions (imperfect) • surrounding a specific event (preterite). EJEMPLO • Juan was studying last night when Maria called. • Juan estudiabaanochecuandoMaríallamó. • The call is a completed action which interrupted the ongoing action of studying

  10. Un video paraclarificar… • Si necesitasmás ideas paraentender la diferencia entre el pretérito y el imperfecto, miraeste video.

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