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El pretérito vs. El imperfecto

El pretérito vs. El imperfecto. El pretérito. The PRETERITE is used for: isolated, completed actions actions that took place at a specific point in time a series of completed actions the beginning or end of an action. Verbs with different meanings in the preterite:

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El pretérito vs. El imperfecto

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  1. El pretérito vs. El imperfecto

  2. El pretérito The PRETERITE is used for: • isolated, completed actions • actions that took place at a specific point in time • a series of completed actions • the beginning or end of an action

  3. Verbs with different meanings in the preterite: • saber (sup) = found out • poder (pud) = managed to • querer (quis) = tried • no querer = refused • tener (tuv) = got, received • conocer = met FOR THE FIRST TIME • HUBO-there was, there were (reporting a fact) • Hubo un fuego. There was a fire.

  4. El pretérito -Anoche Carmen ______ al supermercado. (ir) -Mimadre _________unacaja de detergente y unosproductoscongelados. (comprar) -El dependiente_____ todoen unabolsa. (poner) -Cuandonosotros ________, la profesora______ supintura y suspinceles y ________ a pintar. (llegar, sacar, empezar) -La película_________ a lassiete. (comenzar) fue compró puso llegamos sacó empezó comenzó

  5. ¿Recuerdas? El pretérito -ar-er/-irnew ending stem-chg yo é í e túasteisteiste él/ella/Ud. ó ió o nosotrosamosimosimos ellos/ellas/uds. aronieronieron* *-eron for stems with -j

  6. El pretérito • Frequently used words: • anoche • ayer • anteayer • unavez • el/la ___ pasado(a) • estamañana/tarde/noche • el otrodía

  7. El imperfecto The imperfect is used for: • a continuous, habitual, or repeated action in the past--the moment when the action began or ended is unimportant. • description in the past, giving background information or setting the scene • describing weather, telling age, time, or dates in the past

  8. Since most mental processes involve duration or continuance, verbs that deal with mental activities or conditions are most often expressed in the imperfect tense. creer = to believe pensar = to think desear = to want preferir = to prefer querer = to want poder = to be able saber = to know tener ganas de = to feel like

  9. Por ejemplo: • Él sabía lo que preferíamos. • Yo tenía ganas de salir. • Él creía que yo estaba enfermo.

  10. El imperfecto • -Carmen ______ al supermercado con frecuencia. (ir) • -________ nublado. (estar) • -Yo _______ quince años. (tener) • -______ el 5 de octubre. (ser) • -______lascinco y media. (ser) • -La casa ______muygrande. (ser) iba Estaba tenía Era Eran era

  11. ENGLISH CLUES!!! • -USED TO…. • (I used to talk in class.) • -WAS +…ING • (Jack was hiking in the woods.) • -WERE +…ING • (We were fishing in the pond.)

  12. ¿Recuerdas? El imperfecto -ar-er/-ir yo aba ía túabasías él/ella/Ud. aba ía nosotrosábamosíamos ellos/ellas/uds. abanían **Irregulars: ser (era), ver (veía), ir (iba)**

  13. El imperfecto • Frequently used words: • a veces • cada • con frecuencia/frecuentemente • de vez en cuando • siempre • generalmente • muchas/varias veces • todos(as) los/las ____

  14. A sentence may have two or more verbs in the past. The verbs may be in the same tense or in different tenses. • Laura llegó ayer y Pepe la vio. • both verbs describe simple actions that began and ended at a specific time in the past • Durante los inviernos, Adela iba a las montañas a esquiar, pero yo trabajaba. • both verbs describe habitual or continuous actions • Yo estudiaba cuando Julia entró. • ‘estudiaba’ describes the background; ‘entró’ expresses the action or event that interrupted the ongoing action

  15. Compare *Ellos iban al cine todos los sábados. *Ellos fueron al cine el sábado pasado. *Siempre se sentaban en la primera fila. *Ayer se sentaron en la última fila. *Todas las noches se acostaban tarde. *Anoche se acostaron temprano.

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