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Page 1: The Imperfect Tense: Regular Verbs El Imperfecto

The Imperfect Tense:Regular Verbs

El Imperfecto

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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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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.

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Imperfect

Generalmente caminaban mucho.

Generally they would walk a lot.

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Imperfect

Jugaban con otros niños de la familia.

They used to play with other children in the family.

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Imperfect

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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CAMINAR (to walk)

Yo caminaba

Tú caminabas

Él

Ella caminaba

Ud.

Nos. caminábamos

Vos. caminabais

Ellos

Ellas caminaban

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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Imperfect

Let’s do a few more verbs.

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PATINAR (to skate)

Yo patinaba

Tú patinabas

Él

Ella patinaba

Ud.

Nos. patinábamos

Vos. patinabais

Ellos

Ellas patinaban

Uds.

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

Imperfect

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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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Let’s review once more.

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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.