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Title: The Imperfect Tense: RegularIrregular Verbs


1
The Imperfect TenseRegular-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.

3
Preterite
  • Ana cantó en la fiesta anoche.
  • Ana sang at the party last night.
  • (Completed past action.)

4
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.

5
Imperfect
  • Ana cantaba.
  • Ana was singing.
  • (No indication of beginning or end.)

6
Imperfect
  • 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.

7
Imperfect
  • Generalmente caminaban mucho.
  • Generally they would walk a lot.

8
Imperfect
  • Jugaban con otros niños de la familia.
  • They used to play with other children in the
    family.

9
Imperfect
  • Expressions such as generalmente, a menudo,
    muchas veces, todos los días, siempre, and nunca
    can cue us to use the imperfect.

10
Imperfect
  • Here are all the forms of -ar verbs in the
    imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the
    nosotros form.

11
CAMINAR (to walk)
  • Yo caminaba
  • Tú caminabas
  • Él
  • Ella caminaba
  • Ud.
  • Nos. caminábamos
  • Vos. caminabais
  • Ellos
  • Ellas caminaban
  • Uds.

12
Imperfect
  • Since the yo and the Ud./él/ella forms
    are the same, we often use the subject pronouns
    to avoid confusion.

13
Imperfect
Lets do a few more verbs.
14
PATINAR (to skate)
  • Yo patinaba
  • Tú patinabas
  • Él
  • Ella patinaba
  • Ud.
  • Nos. patinábamos
  • Vos. patinabais
  • Ellos
  • Ellas patinaban
  • Uds.

15
USAR (to use)
  • Yo usaba
  • Tú usabas
  • Él
  • Ella usaba
  • Ud.
  • Nos. usábamos
  • Vos. usabais
  • Ellos
  • Ellas usaban
  • Uds.

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JUGAR (to play)
  • Yo jugaba
  • Tú jugabas
  • Él
  • Ella jugaba
  • Ud.
  • Nos. jugábamos
  • Vos. jugabais
  • Ellos
  • Ellas jugaban
  • Uds.

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

18
COMER (to eat)
  • Yo comía
  • Tú comías
  • Él
  • Ella comía
  • Ud.
  • Nos. comíamos
  • Vos. comáis
  • Ellos
  • Ellas comían
  • Uds.

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VIVIR (to live)
  • Yo vivía
  • Tú vivías
  • Él
  • Ella vivía
  • Ud.
  • Nos. vivíamos
  • Vos. viváis
  • Ellos
  • Ellas vivían
  • Uds.

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

21
IR
  • iba
  • ibas
  • iba
  • íbamos
  • ibais
  • iban

22
SER
  • era
  • eras
  • era
  • éramos
  • erais
  • eran

23
VER
  • veía
  • veías
  • veía
  • veíamos
  • veíais
  • veían

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The Imperfect
  • The imperfect form of hay is había (there
    was/were, there used to be)
  • Generalmente, no había muchos participantes en el
    campeonato.
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