SPAN106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: El Concierto
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Iperfect tese is used to…
❖ Express habitual / repeated actions in the past (what someone used to do)
o i.e., De niño, yo siempre comía cereal – as a child, I always used to eat cereal
❖ express an action or state that was in progress in the past (what someone was
doing/what was happening)
o i.e., Roberto estudiaba en su cuarto – Roberto was studying in his room
❖ Describe characteristics and conditions in the past, including time, weather, emotional
estates and physical descriptions
o i.e., Alicia estaba contenta durante el concierto – Alicia was content during the
concert
-AR conjugation
❖ aba ábamos
❖ abas abais
❖ aba aban
no irregulars in imperfect
-Er/ir conjugation
❖ ía íamos
❖ ías íais
❖ ía ían
Irregulars
1. Ir
o Iba íbamos
o Ibas
o Iba iban
2. Ser
o Era éramos
o Eras erais
o Era eran
3. Ver
o Veía veíamos
o Veías
o Veía veían
**accents in the nosotros form always!!!!
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Document Summary
I(cid:373)perfect te(cid:374)se is used to i. e. , de ni o, yo siempre com a cereal as a child, i always used to eat cereal. Express habitual / repeated actions in the past (what someone used to do) Express an action or state that was in progress in the past (what someone was doing/what was happening) i. e. , roberto estudiaba en su cuarto roberto was studying in his room. Describe characteristics and conditions in the past, including time, weather, emotional estates and physical descriptions i. e. , alicia estaba contenta durante el concierto alicia was content during the concert. Iba: ser, era, eras, era, ver, ve a, ve as, ve a. There are no stem changes in the imperfect!! Some expressions of time and frequency are commonly used with the imperfect. Quantities/numbers of comparison: m s / menos de (i. e. , el profe delgado tiene m s de 5 hermanos)
