El imperfecto powerpoint
- 1. The imperfect tense in Spanish is used to narrate past events without focusing on their beginning, end, or completion. Copyright 息 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 3.2
- 2. The imperfect tense of regular verbs is formed by dropping the infinitive ending ( ar , er , ir ) and adding personal endings. Ar verbs take the endings aba , abas , aba , 叩bamos , abais , aban . Er and ir verbs take 鱈a , 鱈as , 鱈a , 鱈amos , 鱈ais , 鱈an . Copyright 息 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 3.2
- 3. Ir , ser , and ver are the only verbs that are irregular in the imperfect. Copyright 息 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 3.2
- 4. The imperfect tense narrates what was going on at a certain time in the past. It often indicates what was happening in the background. Copyright 息 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 3.2 Cuando yo era joven, viv鱈a en una ciudad muy grande. Todas las semanas, mis padres y yo 鱈bamos al centro comercial. When I was young, I lived in a big city. Each week, my parents and I went to the mall.
- 5. The imperfect of hay is hab鱈a . Copyright 息 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 3.2 Hab鱈a tres cajeros en el supermercado. There were three cashiers in the supermarket. S坦lo hab鱈a un mesero en el caf辿. There was only one waiter in the caf辿.
- 6. These words and expressions are often used with the imperfect because they express habitual or repeated actions: de ni単o/a ( as a child ), todos los d鱈as ( every day ), mientras ( while ), siempre ( always ). Copyright 息 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 3.2 De ni単o viv鱈a en un suburbio de Madrid. As a child, I lived in a suburb of Madrid. Todos los d鱈as iba a la casa de mi abuela. Every day I went to my grandmother s house. Siempre escuchaba m炭sica mientras corr鱈a en el parque. I always listened to music while I ran in the park.
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