The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs Page 63 Avancemos 3 Preterite You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended.
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The Imperfect Tense: Regular-Irregular Verbs Page 63 Avancemos 3 Preterite You have already learned to talk about the past using the preterite tense for actions that began and ended at a definite time. Preterite Sharaar cantó en la fiesta anoche. Sharaar sang at the party last night. (Completed past action.) 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. Imperfect Caroline cantaba. Caroline was singing. (No indication of beginning or end.) 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. Imperfect Generalmente Hannah y Shane caminaban mucho. Generally Hannah and Shane would walk a lot. Imperfect Ali y Merrill jugaban con otros niños de la familia. Ali y Merrill used to play with other children in the family. Imperfect Expressions such as generalmente, a menudo, muchas veces, todos los días, siempre, and nunca can cue us to use the imperfect. Imperfect Here are all the forms of -ar verbs in the imperfect. Notice the accent mark on the nosotros form. CAMINAR (to walk) Nosotros.caminábamos Yo caminaba Tú Él Ella Ud. caminabas Vosotros. caminabais Ellos caminaba Ellas caminaban Uds. Imperfect Since the yo and the Ud./él/ella forms are the same, we often use the subject pronouns to avoid confusion. Imperfect Let’s do a few more verbs. PATINAR (to skate) Yo Tú Él Ella Ud. patinaba Nosotros patinábamos patinabas Vosotros patinabais Ellos patinaba Ellas patinaban Uds. USAR (to use) Yo Tú Él Ella Ud. usaba Nosotros usábamos usabas Vosotros usabais Ellos usaba Ellas usaban Uds. JUGAR (to play) Yo Tú Él Ella Ud. jugaba Nosotros jugábamos jugabas Vosotros jugabais Ellos jugaba Ellas jugaban Uds. Imperfect Now we will learn the -er/-ir verb endings in the imperfect tense. COMER (to eat) Yo comía Nosotros comíamos Tú Él Ella Ud. comías Vosotros comíais Ellos comía Ellas comían Uds. VIVIR (to live) Yo vivía Tú Él Ella Ud. vivías Vosotros vivíais Ellos vivía Ellas vivían Uds. Nosotros vivíamos The Imperfect There are three irregular verbs in the imperfect. The verbs IR, SER, and VER. IR iba íbamos ibas ibais iba iban SER era éramos eras erais era eran VER veía veíamos veías veíais veía veían The Imperfect The imperfect form of hay is había (there was/were, there used to be) Generalmente, no había muchos participantes en el campeonato.