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¿ Pretérito o imperfecto ?

¿ Pretérito o imperfecto ?. There are two verb tenses used when discussing past events in Spanish. ¿ Pretérito o imperfecto ?. Most verbs can be conjugated in either tense, but the meaning changes depending on which tense you choose. ¿ Pretérito o imperfecto ?.

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¿ Pretérito o imperfecto ?

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  1. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? There are two verb tenses used when discussing past events in Spanish.

  2. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Most verbs can be conjugated in either tense, but the meaning changes depending on which tense you choose.

  3. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Knowing when to use one tense or the other can be a bit of a trick for Spanish learners, but there are a few clues that can help you figure it out…

  4. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? We use the preterite tense when: The action has been completed. The action had a defined beginning and end.

  5. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? This would apply to events that occurred: within a specific time frame a specific number of times

  6. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Ayer fui a la playa.

  7. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? This events occurred within a specific time frame: Ayer fui a la playa.

  8. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Certain words or phrases are often associated with specific time frames. Ayer fui a la playa.

  9. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Certain words or phrases are often associated with specific time frames. Ayer fui a la playa.

  10. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? The word ayer (yesterday) indicates a specific time frame. Ayer fui a la playa.

  11. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? There are several other words or phrases that may indicate a specific time frame…

  12. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Let’s look at our sentence again:

  13. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Let’s look at our sentence again: Ayer fui a la playa.

  14. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Let’s look at our sentence again: Ayer fui a la playa. We can replace ayer with several other words or phrases that indicate the use of preterit tense.

  15. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Ayer fui a la playa. (yesterday)

  16. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Ayer por la mañanafui a la playa. (yesterday morning)

  17. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Ayer por la tardefui a la playa. (yesterday afternoon)

  18. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Anteayerfui a la playa. (the day before yesterday)

  19. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Anochefui a la playa. (last night)

  20. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? El otrodíafui a la playa. (the other day)

  21. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Estamañanafui a la playa. (this morning)

  22. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Estatardefui a la playa. (this afternoon)

  23. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? La semanapasadafui a la playa. (last week)

  24. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? El mespasadofui a la playa. (last month)

  25. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? El añopasadofui a la playa. (last year)

  26. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Hace dos díasquefui a la playa. (two days ago)

  27. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Haceunasemanaquefui a la playa. (a week ago)

  28. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Hacetresmesesquefui a la playa. (three months ago)

  29. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Hace dos añosquefui a la playa. (two years ago)

  30. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? The words or phrases that indicate a specific time frame are not always found at the beginning of the sentence.

  31. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? For example, this sentence… Hacetresmesesquefui a la playa.

  32. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? …can also be written as: Fui a la playa hacetresmeses.

  33. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? And this sentence… El mespasadofui a la playa.

  34. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? …can also be written as: Fui a la playa el mespasado.

  35. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Sometimes the preterit tense is used to describe an event that covers a broad spectrum of time. This time frame is still defined in terms of a beginning and an end.

  36. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Por dos añosestudié el inglés. (for two years)

  37. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Porunasemanaestuvéenferma. (for one week)

  38. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Durante el díafui a lasclases. (during the day)

  39. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Durante el veranotrabajéen una tienda. (during the summer)

  40. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? The preterit can be used to describe a single event (such as those that we’ve already seen) or a chain of events…

  41. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Mario se bañó, se vistió, y salió con sus amigos.

  42. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? The preterit can be used to describe a single event that was repeated a specific number of times…

  43. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Fui a la playa tresveces.

  44. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? In each of these cases, the use of the preterit tense indicated that the action occurred during a specific time frame…

  45. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? And the action had a beginning and an end, which was indicated by a key word or phrase…

  46. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Let’s review some of the key words and phrases for preterit tense…

  47. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? ayerpor la mañana ayerpor la tarde estamañana estatarde ayer anoche anteayer el otrodía

  48. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? la semanapasada el mespasado el añopasado hacetresminutos hacecuatrodías hace dos semanas hace un año

  49. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Now let’s switch gears and talk about the imperfect tense…

  50. ¿Pretérito o imperfecto? Quite often the imperfect tense is used to set the stage for the main action, which is expressed in the preterit tense.

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