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Imperfecto Introduction
Gail Heredia
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All in the Past!
Imperfect Descriptive Past
IMPERFECTo: DESCRIPTIVE Past Tense
Imperfecto is the descriptive past tense. It is often used in story-telling, conversations about on-going actions in the past & descriptions of weather, time, traits & background information. It is used MORE OFTEN than preterit past tense.
IMPERFECTO Verb Conjugations
"aba" & "ía" - super easy!
IMPERFECTO Verb Endings - AR Verbs
IMPERFECTO Verb Endings - Er/ir Verbs
IMPERFECTO Verb Conjugations
Three irregular verbs - SER, IR, VER
IMPERFECTo: Irregular verbs
Imperfecto is much easier to use than the other preterit past tense. While there are at least 12 irregular verbs in preterit, there are only THREE in imperfect. They are SER (to be), IR (to go) & VER (to see)
Irregular imperfecto conjugations
SER (to be) Used for descriptions, background info, time, & sometimes weather.
IR (to go).
VER (to see)
Some imperfecto Trigger words
Imperfecto
Yo siempre bailaba.
I always danced.
imperfecto
Yo nunca comía la cena.
I never ate dinner.
imperfecto
Tú estudiabas a menudo.
You often studied.
Preterito
Ella lloraba todo el tiempo.
She used to cry all the time.
Imperfecto
Todos los días, él corría
He used to run every day.
imperfecto
Usualmente nosotros jugábamos al fútbol juntos.
We usually played soccer together.
Imperfecto
Cada día yo trabajaba mucho.
Every day I worked a lot.
Imperfect - aba & ía
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Yo siempre__________(dormir) mucho.
dormaba
dormía
dormíamos
Bravo!
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Yo __________ (caminar) cada día
caminía
caminabas
caminaba
Excelente!
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Me __________bailar con mis amigos cada fin de semana.
gustaba
gustía
gustaban
Súper!
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Tú __________ (comer) frecuentamente paella.
comían
comías
comabas
Brillante!
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__________ (ver- nosotros) una película cada viernes..
veía
veabamos
veíamos
Muy bien!
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Siempre__________ (llegar- él) muy tarde a la clase.
llegía
llegaba
llegábamos
Estupendo!
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Él nunca __________ (saber) la respuesta en clase.
sabía
sabían
sababa
Qué bien!
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María __________(terminar) su tarea muy rapidamente.
terminía
terminían
terminaba
Bravo!
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Yo __________ (leer) el periódico cada mañana.
leía
leían
leaba
Súper!
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Yo __________ (viajar) mientras mi máma trabajaba.
viajía
viajaban
viajaba
Maravilloso!
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Imperfecto- descriptive past
- on-going actions
- descriptions
- general time period
- time
- age
- weather
- habitual actions
Irregular verb - SER (to be)
We use SER for descriptions, time, weather, age, professions and permanent location.
Irregular verb - IR (to go)
In imperfect we use IR to describe an action that was continuously happening in the past - such as "She was going to the store" - it is often used in story-telling.
Irregular imperfect verb - VER (to see)
Ver is considered irregular because once you take off the -ER-, there's nothing left. So we must add back the -E- to have it become a pronouncable word!