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grammar spanish quiz- imperfect/preterite

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refers to a single past action or state or to a series of actions viewed as a completed unit or whole
preterite
used to express past actions that happened and ended quickly
preterite
can be used regardless of length of time or number of times the action was performed, as long as viewed as a complete unit by the speaker
preterite
refers to the beginning or ending of an action
preterite
past descriptive tense
imperfect
takes back to past to witness action or state as if it were happening before our eyes, the action or state is not viewed as a whole and its beginning and termination are not present in the mind of the speaker
imperfect
serves as the background or stage in which the action of actions reported by the preterite took place
imperfect
expresses an action in progress at the time something else happened
imperfect
spanish equivalent of English past progressive (was, were + -ing) to tell what has happening at a certain time
imperfect
to express repeated or customary past actions, as the equivalent of used to, would + verb
imperfect
the verb: soler (ue)
used in the present and imperfect tenses of the indicative usually meaning to use to when the subject is a person and to be customary or frequent when the subject is inanimate
to describe and characterize in the past
imperfect
equivalent of there was and there were
había (generally used in imperfect)
happened or took place
hubo (preterite)
Spanish speakers sometimes use this type of verb when recounting a dream they had or the plot of a movie
preterite
to express emotional, mental, or physical states in the past
imperfect
to express sudden reactions
preterite
to express in the past: time of day, season, etc
imperfect
endings for preterite (er/ir)
í, iste, ió, imos, ieron
endings for preterite (ar)
é, aste, ó, amos, aron
endings for imperfect (er/ir)
ía, ías, ía, íamos, ían
endings of imperfect (ar)
aba, abas, aba, ábamos, aban
irregular imperfect verb (Ir)
iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban
irregular imperfect verb (ser)
era, eras, era, éramos, eran
irregular imperfect verb (ver)
veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veían
irregular preterite (ser)
fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron
irregular preterite (ir)
fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
irregular preterite (dar)
di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron
irregular preterite (ver)
vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron
irregular preterite (tener)
tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvieron
irregular preterite (andar)
anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvieron
irregular preterite (venir)
vine vinimos
viniste
vino vinieron
irregular preterite (estar)
estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvieron
irregular preterite (poder)
pude pudimos
pudiste pudisteis
pudo pudieron
irregular preterite (poner)
puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusieron
irregular preterite (conducir)
conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujeron
irregular preterite (decir)
dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijeron
irregular preterite (hacer)
hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron
irregular preterite (querer)
quise quisimos
quisiste
quiso quisieron
irregular preterite (saber)
supe supimos
supiste supisteis
supo supieron
irregular preterite (traer)
traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajeron
irregular preterite (dormir)
dormí, dormiste, durmió, dormimos, durmieron
irregular preterite (seguir)
seguí, seguiste, siguió, seguimos, siguieron
irregular preterite (pedir)
pedí, pediste, pidió, pedimos, pidieron
irregular preterite (leer)
leí, leíste, leyó, leímos, leísteis, leyeron
irregular preterite (empezar)
empecé, empezaste, empezó, empezamos, empezaron
irregular preterite (cargar)
cargué, cargaste, cargó, cargamos, cargaron
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