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Preterite or Imperfect? You’ve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”: Ser/Estar Por/Para Masculine/Feminine Saber/Conocer Here’s another one: Preterite/Imperfect

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Preterite or Imperfect? You’ve probably realized that

Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”: Ser/Estar Por/Para Masculine/Feminine Saber/Conocer

Here’s another one:

Preterite/Imperfect

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Preterite or Imperfect? Spanish has two basic ways

to talk about the past: Preterite Imperfect There are also others you

would learn about in later Spanish courses.

In this slide show, we’ll look at some the differences in how each tense in used.

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Preterite Let’s review some of the

main uses of the preterite. 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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Here are some common phrases that should be followed by the preterite.

Anoche- last night Ayer- yesterday La semana pasada- last week El año pasado- last year El fin de semana pasado- last

weekend El lunes pasado- last Monday

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Past actions that happen once

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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Interruptions El teléfono sonó [rang]

mientras [while] yo dormía.

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The beginning 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 event Terminé la tarea a la

una de la mañana. Los Kernels de Mitchell

ganaron el partido de basquetbol.

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Imperfect 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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Here are some common phrases that should be followed by the IMPERFECT.

Todos los días- every day Siempre- always Muchas veces- often Cada mes- every month

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Repeated or habitual actions in the past

Don Diego tomaba solo café de starbuck cada día.

Cuando yo tenía 15 años, vivía en Miami.

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Past action in progress A las 3:00, los

estudiantes escuchaban mientras la profesora hablaba.

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

¿Qué hacías ayer a las 4:00?

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Description of a condition

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

AL WEPT

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AL WEPT

A: age Cuando yo tenía 15

años…

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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 sol. Hacía mal tiempo

durante mis vacaciones.

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AL WEPT

E: emotions Los monos estaban

felices Mateo estaba triste.

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AL WEPTP: physical/personality

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

Yo era muy perezozo.

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AL WEPT

T: time Eran las 4:00 y todos

teníamos mucha hambre.

Era la una cuando Marta se cayó

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Let’s practice! Choose the appropriate

preterite 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. 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 se caía/se cayó [fell], se golpeaba/golpeó [hit] la cabeza, y empezaba/empezó a llorar.

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Las respuestas:

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

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Y por fin… Dormía/dormí como un

tronco [like a log] cuando sonaba/sonó el teléfono. Me levantaba/levanté, iba/fui a la sala, y descolgaba/descolgué [picked up] el teléfono.

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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! Preterite

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.