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The Imperfect Tense: Regular- Irregular Verbs Page 42 – Chapter 1 Realidades 3

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Page 1: The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs Page 42 – Chapter 1 Realidades 3

The Imperfect Tense:Regular-Irregular Verbs

Page 42 – Chapter 1

Realidades 3

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Preterite

You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time.

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Preterite

Ana cantó en la fiesta anoche.

Ana sang at the party last night.

(Completed past action.)

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Imperfect The imperfect tense is

another way to talk about the past. We use it to describe actions without any indication of their beginning or end.

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Imperfect

Ana cantaba. Ana was singing. (No indication of beginning

or end.)

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When do we use it?

Descriptions Actions in progress Repeated actions Time, date, age and weather

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Descriptions

To describe people and places, in the past.

Example: El estadio estaba lleno. Los entrenadores gritaban.

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Actions in progress

To talk about a past action that was continuous or that kept happening. (habitual action).

Example:

Los atletas se entrenaban en el gimnasio

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Repeated actions We use the imperfect to talk

about actions that happened repeatedly in the past. In English we often say “used to” or “would” to express this idea.

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Example:

Generalmente caminaban mucho.

Generally they would walk a lot.

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Más ejemplos

Todos los días jugaban con otros niños de la familia.

They used to play with other children in the family.

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Time, date, age and weather

To describe time, date and age, in the past.

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Example

Era el 5 de noviembre.

Cuando era pequeño vivía en una ciudad donde hacía calor.

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Note:

Expressions such as generalmente, a menudo, muchas veces, todos los días, siempre, and nunca can cue us to use the imperfect.

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Imperfect

Here are all the forms of -ar verbs in the imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the nosotros form.

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Estar (to be)

Yo estaba

Tú estabas

Él

Ella estaba

Ud.

Nos. estábamos

Vos. estabais

Ellos

Ellas estaban

Uds.

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Imperfect

Let’s do one more ar verb.

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PATINAR (to skate)

Yo

Él

Ella

Ud.

Nos.

Vos.

Ellos

Ellas

Uds.

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Now we will learn the -er/-ir verb endings in the imperfect tense.

Imperfect

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TENER (to have)

Yo tenía

Tú tenías

Él

Ella tenía

Ud.

Nos. teníamos

Vos. teníais

Ellos

Ellas tenían

Uds.

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Imperfect

Let’s do one more er verb.

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COMER (to eat)

Yo

Él

Ella

Ud.

Nos.

Vos.

Ellos

Ellas

Uds.

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VIVIR (to live)

Yo vivía

Tú vivías

Él

Ella vivía

Ud.

Nos. vivíamos

Vos. vivíais

Ellos

Ellas vivían

Uds.

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Imperfect

Let’s do one more ir verb.

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The Imperfect

There are three irregular verbs in the imperfect. The verbs IR, SER, and VER.

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IR

iba

ibas

iba

íbamos

ibais

iban

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SER

era

eras

era

éramos

erais

eran

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VER

veía

veías

veía

veíamos

veíais

veían

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Sentir (to feel)

Yo

Él

Ella

Ud.

Nos.

Vos.

Ellos

Ellas

Uds.

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Since the yo and the Ud./él/ella forms are the same, we often use the subject pronouns to avoid confusion.

Imperfect

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The Imperfect

The imperfect form of hay is había/habían (there was/were, there used to be)

Generalmente, no habían muchos participantes en el campeonato.