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| -ar verb endings (imperfect of regular verbs) |
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| -aba, -abas, -aba, -abamos, -aban |
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| -er, -ir verb endings(imperfect of regular verbs) |
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| -ia, -ias, -ia, -iamos, -ian |
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| Imperfect of regular verbs(things to remember) |
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A. there are no stem-changing verbs
B. the imperfect of hay is habia, from the infinitive haver
C. there are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect: ser, ir, and ver |
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the imperfect has several English equivalents, ie:
Trabajaba todos los dias--->I worked every day/I was working/I used to work/I would work |
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| like the preterite, the imperfect is used to talk about an act that has already occurred. but the imperfect focuses on the continuation of an act or an act in progress rather than on the completed act. (includes repeated habitual actions, background action, actions in progress, and certain physical, mental, or emotional states.) |
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I would travel a lot in the winter.
(viajaba mucho en el invierno) |
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| the baby was sleeping in the other room (el bebe dormia en el otro cuarto.) |
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| it was very hot, but everyone was working (hacia mucho calor, pero todos estaban trabajando) |
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| physical, mental, emotional states |
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| In those days we were very much in love. (en esos dias estabamos muy enamorados.) |
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| veia-veias-veia-veiamos-veian |
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| When do we use the preterite? |
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| * to describe completed past actions *it often emphasizes the beginning or end of an act |
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| When do we use imperfect? |
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| *used to focus on continuation or actions in progress and background actions *it is used to tell time in the past *it may be used to focus on a future event related to a situation planned in the past *it is used to describe habitual or customary actions or events in progress |
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| Using preterite and imperfect in the same sentence |
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| *the imperfect often describes a continuous background action that is interrupted by a completd action expressed in the preterite (IE--Miraba television cuanda llamaste) |
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| *it is a compound past tense. It is formed by combining the present indicative of the auxiliary verb haber (to have) with the past participle |
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| Present indicative (haber--to have) |
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| past participles are formed by adding -ado to the stem of -ar verbs and -ido to the stem of -er and -ir verbs * the past participle of all -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in -a, -e, or -o requires a written accent |
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| Present perfect tense of SENTIR |
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| he sentido / has sentido / ha sentido / hemos sentido / han sentido |
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| irregular past participles (abrir, cubrir, decir, escribir, hacer, morir, poner, resolver, romper, ver, volver) |
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| abierto, cubierto, dicho, escrito, hecho, muerto, puesto, resuelto, roto, visto, vuelto |
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| future tense of regular verbs |
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| talks about I will/shall; it is formed by adding the endings -e, -as, -a, -emos, -eis, and -an to the infinitve of most -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. |
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| future tense of estar/ser/ir |
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| estare/estaras/estara/estaremos/estaran * sere/seras/sera/seremos/seran *ire/iras/ira/iremos/iran |
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future tense of verbs w/irregular stems
decir, haber, hacer, poder, poner, querer, saber, salir, tener, valer, venir |
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| dir- , habr- , har-, podr-, pondr-, querr-, sabr-, saldr-, tendr-, valdr-, vendr-, >>>>-e, -as, -a, -emos, -eis, -an |
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| conditional of regular and irregular verbs |
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| the conditional is used to state conditions under which an action may be completed . In english, the conditional is expressed with would: I would go if...In spanish the conditional is formed by adding the endings -ia, -ias, -iamos, -ian to the infinitive of most -ar, -er, -ir verbs. |
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| conditional of estar/ser/ir |
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| esaria, estarias, estaria, estariamos, estarian/ seria, serias, seria, seriamos, serian/ iria, irias, iria, iriamos, irian |
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| conditional of irregular verbs (decir/haber/hacer/poder/poner/querer/saber/salir/tener/valer/venir) |
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| dir-, habr-, har-, podr-, pondr-, querr-, sabr-, saldr-, tendr-, valdr-, vendr- |
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| tu commands: a second look |
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| to form a negative tu command, drop the final -o from the first-person singular of the present indicative and add -es, to -ar verbs and -as to -er and -ir verbs (IE: tomar=tomes, comer=comas, dormir=duermas, salir=salgas) |
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