
4.1: El imperfecto
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4.1: El Imperfecto
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El imperfecto
●
Se usa el imperfecto para hablar de
acciones habituales o repetidas en el
pasado
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No hay referencia a cuando empezó o
terminó la acción.
¿Cuándo se usa el
imperfecto?
El imperfecto se usa para
hablar de ____________.
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Concepto: El imperfecto
● The imperfect is used to talk about
habitual or repeated actions in the past
● There is no reference to when the
action started or ended.
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estructura
In Lecciones 1–3, you learned the preterite
tense. You will now learn the imperfect, which describes
past activities in a different way.
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cantar
beber
escribir
yo
cantaba
bebía
escribía
tú
cantabas
bebías
escribías
Ud./él/ella
cantaba
bebía
escribía
nosotros/as
cantábamos
bebíamos
escribíamos
vosotros/as
cantabais
bebíais
escribíais
Uds./ellos/ellas
cantaban
bebían
escribían
PLURAL
FORMS
SINGULAR
FORMS
The imperfect tense
The imperfect of regular verbs
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Conjugaciones
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The imperfect tense
estructuraestructura
¡Atención! Ir, ser, and ver are the only verbs
that are irregular in the imperfect.
4.1-6
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PLURAL
FORMS
SINGULAR
FORMS
The imperfect of irregular verbs
The imperfect tense
ir
ser
ver
yo
iba
era
veía
tú
ibas
eras
veías
Ud./él/ella
iba
era
veía
nosotros/as
íbamos
éramos
veíamos
vosotros/as
ibais
erais
veíais
Uds./ellos/ellas
iban
eran
veían
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The imperfect tense
estructuraestructura
The imperfect form of hay is
había
(there was; there were; there
used to be).
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The imperfect tense
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The imperfect tense
estructuraestructura
These expressions are often used with the
imperfect because they express habitual or
repeated actions: de niño/a (as a child),
todos los días (every day), mientras (while).
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The imperfect tense
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The imperfect tense
estructuraestructura
As a general rule,
imperfect= - used to describe actions that are seen by the speaker as incomplete or “continuing,”
-expresses what was happening at a certain time or how
things used to be.
preterite= -used to describe actions that have been completed
-expresses a completed action.
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—¿Qué te pasó?
What happened to you?
—¿Dónde vivías de niño?
Where did you live as a child?
—Me torcí el tobillo.
I sprained my ankle.
—Vivía en San José.
I lived in San José.
The imperfect tense
Uses of the imperfect
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The imperfect tense
estructuraestructura
There are no stem changes in the imperfect.
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entender (e:ie)
servir (e:i)
doler (o:ue)
Entendíamos japonés.
We used to understand Japanese.
El camarero les servía el café.
The waiter was serving them coffee.
A Javier le dolía el tobillo.
Javier’s ankle was hurting.
The imperfect tense
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4.1
The imperfect tense
estructuraestructura
¡Atención! Note that the imperfect endings of
-er and -ir verbs are the same. Also note that
the nosotros form of -ar verbs always carries
an accent mark on the first a of the ending.
All forms of -er and -ir verbs in the imperfect
carry an accent on the first i of the ending.
4.1-2
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The imperfect tense
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The imperfect tense
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Uses of the imperfect
1. Habitual or repeated actions . . . . . . . . .
Íbamos al parque los domingos.
We used to go to the park on Sundays.
2. Events or actions that were in progress
Yo leía mientras él estudiaba.
I was reading while he was studying.
3. Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Era alto y guapo.
He was tall and handsome.
4. Mental or emotional states . . . . . . . . . . .
Quería mucho a su familia.
He loved his family very much.
5. Telling time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eran las tres y media.
It was 3:30.
6. Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Los niños tenían seis años.
The children were six years old.
The imperfect tense
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Habilidad (yo)
1.verb: beber
2.Subject: nosotros
beb-
4.bebíamos
1. Identifica el verbo como
-ar/-er/-ir
2. Identifica el sujeto
3. Quita la terminación
4. Agrega la nueva
terminación
Verbos regulares
-ar
-er/ir
yo
-aba
-ía
tú
-abas
-ías
él/ella/ usted
-aba
-ía
nosotros
-ábamos
-íamos
ellos/ellas/ustedes
-aban
-ían
Nosotros beber un refresco.
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Habilidad (nosotros)
1.verb: cantar
2.Subject: yo
cant-
4.cantabamos
1. Identifica el verbo como
-ar/-er/-ir
2. Identifica el sujeto
3. Quita la terminación
4. Agrega la nueva
terminación
Verbos regulares
-ar
-er/ir
yo
-aba
-ía
tú
-abas
-ías
él/ella/ usted
-aba
-ía
nosotros
-ábamos
-íamos
ellos/ellas/ustedes
-aban
-ían
Yo cantar una cancion.
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Multiple Choice
Ella escribir una carta.
1. Identifica el verbo como -ar/-er/-ir
-ar
-er
-ir
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Multiple Choice
Ella escribir una carta.
2. Identifica el sujeto
ella
escribir
una carta
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Open Ended
Ella escribir una carta.
3. Quita la terminacion
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Open Ended
Ella escribir una carta.
4. Agrega la nueva terminacion
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Multiple Choice
Juan cantar una cancion.
1. Identifica el verbo como -ar/-er/-ir
-ar
-er
-ir
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Multiple Choice
Juan cantar una cancion.
2. Identifica el sujeto
Juan
cantar
una cancion
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Open Ended
Juan cantar una cancion.
3. Quita la terminacion (write the stem after taking away the ending)
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Open Ended
Juan cantar una cancion.
4. agrega la nueva terminacion
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Open Ended
Yo (viajar) en el tren.
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Open Ended
¿Dónde (vivir) Samuel de niño?
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Open Ended
Ustedes (ir) a la clínica.
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4.1
The imperfect tense
estructuraestructura
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The imperfect tense
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4.1: El Imperfecto
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