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The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs

The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs. Page 63 Avancemos 3. Preterite. You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time. Preterite. Sharaar cantó en la fiesta anoche. Sharaar sang at the party last night.

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The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs

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  1. The Imperfect Tense:Regular-Irregular Verbs • Page 63 • Avancemos 3

  2. Preterite • You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time.

  3. Preterite • Sharaar cantó en la fiesta anoche. • Sharaarsang at the party last night. • (Completed past action.)

  4. Imperfect • The imperfect tense is another way to talk about the past. We use it to describe actions without any indication of their beginning or end.

  5. Imperfect • Caroline cantaba. • Caroline was singing. • (No indication of beginning or end.)

  6. Imperfect • We use the imperfect to talk about actions that happened repeatedly in the past. In English we often say “used to” or “would” to express this idea.

  7. Imperfect • Generalmente Hannah y Shane caminaban mucho. • Generally Hannah and Shane would walk a lot.

  8. Imperfect • Ali y Merrill jugaban con otros niños de la familia. • Ali y Merrill used to play with other children in the family.

  9. Imperfect • Expressions such as generalmente, a menudo, muchas veces, todos los días, siempre, and nuncacan cue us to use the imperfect.

  10. Imperfect • Here are all the forms of -ar verbs in the imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the nosotros form.

  11. CAMINAR (to walk) Nosotros.caminábamos Vosotros. caminabais Ellos Ellas caminaban Uds. • Yo caminaba • Tú caminabas • Él • Ella caminaba • Ud.

  12. Imperfect • Since the yo and the Ud./él/ella forms are the same, we often use the subject pronouns to avoid confusion.

  13. Imperfect Let’s do a few more verbs.

  14. PATINAR (to skate) • Yo patinaba • Tú patinabas • Él • Ella patinaba • Ud. Nosotros patinábamos Vosotros patinabais Ellos Ellas patinaban Uds.

  15. USAR (to use) • Yo usaba • Tú usabas • Él • Ella usaba • Ud. Nosotros usábamos Vosotros usabais Ellos Ellas usaban Uds.

  16. JUGAR (to play) • Yo jugaba • Tú jugabas • Él • Ella jugaba • Ud. Nosotros jugábamos Vosotros jugabais Ellos Ellas jugaban Uds.

  17. Imperfect • Now we will learn the -er/-ir verb endings in the imperfect tense.

  18. COMER (to eat) • Yo comía • Tú comías • Él • Ella comía • Ud. Nosotros comíamos Vosotros comíais Ellos Ellas comían Uds.

  19. VIVIR (to live) • Yo vivía • Tú vivías • Él • Ella vivía • Ud. Nosotros vivíamos Vosotros vivíais Ellos Ellas vivían Uds.

  20. The Imperfect • There are three irregular verbs in the imperfect. The verbs IR, SER, and VER.

  21. IR • iba • ibas • iba íbamos ibais iban

  22. SER • era • eras • era éramos erais eran

  23. VER • veía • veías • veía veíamos veíais veían

  24. The Imperfect • The imperfect form of hay is había (there was/were, there used to be) • Generalmente, no había muchos participantes en el campeonato.

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