SPAN 004 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Red Riding, Antiproton Decelerator, Reflexive Pronoun

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Spanish (SPAN)
• Course: SPAN 004
• Professor: Galafaro

Document Summary

The imperfect tense in spanish is used to narrate past events without focusing on their beginning, end, or completion. The imperfect tense of regular verbs is formed by dropping the infinitive ending ( -ar, -er, Ir ) and adding personal endings. caminar camin aba camin abas camin aba camin bamos camin abais camin aban. The imperfect of regular -ar , -er , and -ir verbs abrir abr a abr as abr a abr amos abr ais abr an deber deb a deb as deb a deb amos deb ais deb an. Ir, ser, and ver are the only verbs that are irregular in the imperfect. ir iba, ibas, iba, ibamos, ibais, iban ser era, eras, era, ramos, erais, eran ver ve a, ve as, ve a, ve amos, ve ais, ve an. The imperfect tense narrates what was going on at a certain time in the past. It often indicates what was happening in the background.