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IMPERFECTO O PRETERITO You’ve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”: Ser/estar Por/para Masculine/feminine Here’s another one: Preterite/ imperfect

IMPERFECTO O PRETERITO You’ve probably realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”: Ser/estar Por/para Masculine/feminine Here’s another

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IMPERFECTO O PRETERITO You’ve probably

realized that Spanish has lots of tricky “pairs”:

Ser/estar Por/para

Masculine/feminine Here’s another

one: Preterite/

imperfect

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¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Spanish has two

basic ways to talk about the past: Preterite Imperfect

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

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Pretérito 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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Pretérito Past actions that happened

once. Ejemplos: Juan se levantó a las 6:00. Gloria llegó tarde a clase. ¿Hiciste la tarea?

Interruptions:El teléfono sonó [rang] mientras

[while] yo dormía.

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Pretérito The beginning of an event:

Cristóbal Colón llegó a las Américas en 1492.

La película empezó a las 3:00.

The end of an event:•Terminé el proyecto a la medianoche. •Los Osos de Chicago ganaron el campeonato de fútbol americano.

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Imperfecto 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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Imperfecto Repeated or habitual actions in Repeated or habitual actions in

the pastthe past : Don Diego comía pizza los domingos. Cuando yo tenía 15 años, vivía en

Miami.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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Imperfecto Description of a conditionDescription 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, attitude, appearance Cuando yo tenía 15 años… …no me gustaba comer

zanahorias. De niña, Marta era muy alta.

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AL WEPT L: location La chica acampaba en el bosque.

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AL WEPT W: weather Hacía muy mal tiempo durante mis vacaciones.

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AL WEPT E: emotions La niña estaba triste porque no sabía donde estaba su gato.

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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 5:00 y todos teníamos mucha hambre.

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¡VAMOS A PRACTICAR! ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Fueron / Eran las diez de la

mañana y hizo / hacía buen tiempo.

Lita se despertó/despertaba a las seis de la mañana.

Fue/era una fiesta de sorpresa. Ella fue/era joven y bonita.

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¡Más práctica, por favor! 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/cayó [fell], se golpeaba/golpeó [hit] la cabeza, y empezaba/empezó a llorar.

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Uno más… Una noche yo dormía/dormí como un tronco [like a log] cuando sonaba/sonó el teléfono.

Me levantaba/levanté, iba/fui a la sala de estar, y descolgaba/descolgué [picked up] el teléfono.

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Por último… 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.

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