Dos idiomas, dos culturas - los Nuyoricans: imperfect for habitual actions
I can distinguish between the present and imperfect tenses in the life of a Nuyorican.
Dos idiomas, dos culturas - los Nuyoricans: imperfect for habitual actions
I can distinguish between the present and imperfect tenses in the life of a Nuyorican.
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Key learning points
- The imperfect tense is used to talk about habitual actions in the past or to describe how things were in the past.
- The regular imperfect endings for singular -ar verbs are -aba, -abas and -aba.
- The regular imperfect endings for singular -er/-ir verbs are -ía, -ías and -ía.
- 'Ser' is irregular in the imperfect tense. Use 'era' or 'eras' to mean was/were + trait.
Keywords
Imperfect tense - used to talk about habitual actions in the past or to describe how things were in the past
Era - part of 'ser' in the imperfect tense meaning 'I, she, he, it was' or 'I, she, he, it used to be'
Common misconception
The only way of saying 'I played' in Spanish is 'jugué'.
'I played' could be translated as 'jugué' or 'jugaba'. The preterite verb 'jugué' implies a single, completed action in the past, whereas the imperfect verb 'jugaba' implies a habitual action in the past.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to seem, seeming
to have a good time
to have a bad time
to prohibit, forbid
to protect, protecting
to produce, producing
newspaper
loss
return
bridge, long weekend
show, performance
challenge
Exit quiz
6 Questions
I, she, he, it used to write
you used to write
I, she, he, it used to hide
you used to hide
I, she, he, it used to listen
you used to listen