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Chapter 26

Chapter 26. Imperfect Tense. Lesson Objectives. To learn to conjugate verbs in the imperfect tense To understand what the imperfect tense means and how or when to use it To learn the imperfect forms of the ‘to be’ verb. The Imperfect Tense.

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Chapter 26

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  1. Chapter 26 Imperfect Tense

  2. Lesson Objectives • To learn to conjugate verbs in the imperfect tense • To understand what the imperfect tense means and how or when to use it • To learn the imperfect forms of the ‘to be’ verb

  3. The Imperfect Tense • Words in the imperfect tense show action or being as repeated, customary, or continuous. In other words, NOT perfectly completed (which is what perfect tense tells us). • Imperfect is translated into English by using: Was, were, used to , kept, would, tried to (note – was and were are just ‘simple’ past tense, which is ok to use as the translation)

  4. Conjugating Imperfect Tense • The ‘tense sign’ for imperfect tense is –ba-. This is added to the present stem and then personal endings are added to the end. NOTE – the personal ending for 1st person singular is –m. portabam portabamus portabas portabatis portabat portabant

  5. The Imperfect form of ‘to be’ eram eramus eras eratis erat erant

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