Imperfect tense
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Imperfe¢t Used to talk about what happened in the past…
…at a continuing time “I was walking down the hall…” “The year was 1983...”
“used to” or “would” “When I was little, I used to play in the sand.” “I would go to my grandma’s house every day.”
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Imperfe¢tThe imperfect implies a continual action, while the preterite implies something that happened at a specific time.
Compare:“I ate a hamburger.” --PRETERITE“I was eating a hamburger.” --
IMPERFECT
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2 sets of regular endings:• -ar verbs• (-aba; accent on nosotros form)
• -er and -ir verbs• (-ía; accent on ALL forms)
NO stem changes, period!!!(querer quería, querías, etc.)
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WARNING!!!The yo form is the
SAME as the él/ella/Ud. form!!!
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–ar verbs
-aba
-abas
-aba
-ábamos
-aban
-abais
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-abo
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bailar
bailaba
bailabas
bailaba
bailábamos
bailaban
bailabais
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hablar
hablaba
hablabas
hablaba
hablábamos
hablaban
hablabais
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trabajar
trabajaba
trabajabas
trabajaba
trabajábamos
trabajaban
trabajabais
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jugar
jugaba
jugabas
jugaba
jugábamos
jugaban
jugabais
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Regular -er and -ir verbs
-ía
-ías
-ía
-íamos
-ían
-íais
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-ío
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tener
tenía
tenías
tenía
teníamos
tenían
teníais
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querer
quería
querías
quería
queríamos
querían
queríais
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preferir
prefería
preferías
prefería
preferíamos
preferían
preferíais
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pedir
pedía
pedías
pedía
pedíamos
pedían
pedíais
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leer
leía
leías
leía
leíamos
leían
leíais
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GOOD NEWS…There are only THREE irregular verbs in the Imperfect tense!(You must simply memorize them.)
ser
ver
ir
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ser
era
eras
era
éramos
eran
erais
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ver
veía
veías
veía
veíamos
veían
veíais
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ir
iba
ibas
iba
íbamos
iban
ibais
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gustar
me gustaba(n)
te gustaba(n)
le gustaba(n)
nos gustaba(n)
les gustaba(n)
os gustaba(n)
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gustábamos
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Specific Uses of the Imperfect
1. Habitual or Customary Actions
Often used with frequency expressions: siempre todos los días muchas veces generalmente a veces raras veces nunca
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Specific Uses of the Imperfect
1. Habitual or Customary Actions
EXAMPLES:
De niño, (yo) jugaba fútbol todos los sábados.
When I was a kid, I played (used to play, would play) soccer every Saturday.
Siempre íbamos a la biblioteca.
We always went (we would always go, we always used to go) to the library.
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Specific Uses of the Imperfect
1. Habitual or Customary Actions
EXAMPLES:
Cuando llovía, veíamos películas.
When it rained, we would watch movies.
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Specific Uses of the Imperfect
2. To describe people in the past
EXAMPLE:
Susana era bonita y muy fuerte.
Susana was pretty and very strong.
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Specific Uses of the Imperfect
3. To tell time in the past
EXAMPLES:
Era mediodía y hacía mucho calor.
It was noon and it was very hot.
Eran las once de la noche y los niños tenían sueño.
It was 11:00 PM and the kids were sleepy.
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Specific Uses of the Imperfect
4. To express age in the past
EXAMPLES:
Julia tenía siete años en 1993.
Julia was 7 years old in 1993.
Él todavía era fuerte cuando tenía 75 años.
He was still strong when he was 75.
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The word MIENTRAS
Mientras = while
EXAMPLE:
Los niños jugaban al béisbol mientras sus padres cocinaban la cena.
The children were playing baseball while their parents were cooking dinner.
-OR-
The children would play baseball while their parents cooked dinner.