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Preterit vs Imperfect Preterit vs Imperfect Spanish

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Page 1: Preterit vs Imperfect Spanish Preterit or Imperfect? Youve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky pairs: Ser/estar Por/para Masculine/feminine.

Preterit vs ImperfectPreterit vs Imperfect

Spanish

Page 2: Preterit vs Imperfect Spanish Preterit or Imperfect? Youve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky pairs: Ser/estar Por/para Masculine/feminine.

Preterit or Imperfect?Preterit or Imperfect?

You’ve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”:

Ser/estar Por/para Masculine/feminine

Here’s another one: preterit/imperfect

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Preterit or Imperfect?Preterit or Imperfect?

Spanish has two basic ways to talk about the past: Preterit Imperfect

In this slide show, we’ll look at

some of the differences in how each tense in used.

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PreteritPreterit

This verb tense is used when we talk about a past action that happened one time OR interrupted something

already going on OR was the beginning of an

event OR was the end of an event.

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Past actions that happen Past actions that happen onceonce

Juan se levantó a las 6:00. Gloria llegó tarde a clase. Fui a España el verano

pasado. ¿Hiciste la tarea?

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InterruptionsInterruptions

El teléfono sonó [rang] mientras [while] yo dormía.

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Beginning of an eventBeginning of an event

Cristóbal Colón llegó a las Américas en 1492. La película empezó a las 3:00.

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The end of an eventThe end of an event

Terminé el proyecto a la medianoche.

Los Osos de Chicago ganaron el campeonato de fútbol americano.

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ImperfectImperfect

Next let’s review some of the main uses of the imperfect. This verb tense is used when we talk about a past action that happened many times OR was in progress

“was …ing”) OR described a condition.

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Repeated or habitual Repeated or habitual actions in the pastactions in the past

Don Diego fumaba puros [cigars] cubanos.

Cuando yo tenía 15 años, vivía en Miami.

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Past action in progressPast action in progress

A las 3:00, los estudiantes escuchaban mientras la profesora hablaba.

El teléfono sonó [rang] mientras [while] yo dormía.

¿Qué hacías ayera las 4:00?

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Description of a Description of a conditioncondition

Here’s an acronym to help you organize descriptions in the past:

AL WEPT

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AL WEPT

A: age, attitude Cuando yo tenía 15

años… …no me gustaba comer

zanahorias.

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AL WEPT

L: location La chica acampaba en

el bosque. Estaba allí dos semanas.

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AL WEPT

W: weather Hacía muy mal

tiempo durante mis vacaciones.

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AL WEPT

E: Emotional state Mi hermano era

muy triste y mi hermana era muy contenta.

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AL WEPT

P: physical attributes

Mi padre era muy alto y mi madre era muy baja.

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AL WEPT

T: time Eran las 4:00 y

todos teníamos mucha hambre.

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Let’s practice!Let’s practice!

Choose the appropriate preterit or imperfect form.

Fueron/Eran las diez de la mañana y hizo/hacía buen tiempo.

>>Eran las diez de la mañana y hacía buen tiempo.

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Otro ejercicio, por favor.Otro ejercicio, por favor.

Ella fue/era joven y bonita.

Ella era joven y bonita.

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Un ejemplo más…

Los niños jugaron/jugaban al fútbol en el parque. Su madre leía/leyó una novela debajo de un árbol. De pronto, uno de los niños caía/cayó [fell], se golpeaba/golpeó [hit] la cabeza, y empezaba/empezó a llorar.

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Las respuestas:

Los niños jugaban al fútbol enel parque. Su madre leía una novela debajo de un árbol. De pronto, uno de los niños cayó, se golpeó la cabeza, y empezó a llorar.

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Y por fin…Y por fin…

Dormía/dormí como un tronco [like a log] cuandosonaba/sonó el teléfono. Me levantaba/levanté,iba/fui a la sala de estar, y descolgaba/descolgué [picked up] el teléfono.

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Y las respuestas…Y las respuestas…

Dormía como un tronco cuando sonó el teléfono. Me levanté, fui a la sala de estar, y descolgué el teléfono.

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That’s all, folks!That’s all, folks!

preterit one-time past event OR

interruption OR the beginning or end of an event.

Imperfect Repeated/habitual past action OR

was in progress (“was …ing”) OR

described a condition.

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