Spanish 11: Preterite Vs Imperfect

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• Imperfect: description

• Preterite: completed action/specific time frame

• Preterite: finish of something

• Imperfect: was gonna

Done and over with at a completed time

• preterite

• imperfect

Determined start or end time

• preterite

• imperfect

habitual past action

• preterite

• imperfect

setting the scene of a story

• preterite

• imperfect

telling what was happening

• preterite

• imperfect

Interrupts the other tense

• preterite

• imperfect

Which of the following is not a use of the imperfect?

• location

• emotional state

• age

• definite end time

Muchas veces

• preterite

• imperfect

una vez

• preterite

• imperfect