The Imperfect Tense makes perfect sense!

The Imperfect Tense makes perfect sense! : 

The Imperfect Tense makes perfect sense! talking about what you used to do

Imperfect: the uses : 

Imperfect: the uses to talk about what WAS HAPPENING in the past (not what HAPPENED) to talk about what A PERSON USED TO DO to talk about HABITUAL PAST ACTIONS

The imperfect tense is : 

The imperfect tense is unlike the preterite tense, which talks about completed events that took place at a specific time in the past: Let’s look at a sentence in English with 2 different verb forms: I was walking home when it began to rain. (Which of these 2 events is completed?) Yep-”began” is the completed action! It may keep on raining, but the actual beginning is over with.

Which event was incomplete? : 

Which event was incomplete? English example: I was walking home when it began to rain. (Which of these 2 events is NOT completed?) “was walking” is NOT completed, at least not in this sentence.

Ejemplos en español: : 

Ejemplos en español: Yo caminaba a casa cuando empezó a llover. (I was walking home when it began to rain.) En esos días leías los libros de Dr. Seuss. (In those days, you were reading [or “used to read”] the books of Dr. Seuss.)

Slide 6: 

El comía su teclado. ¿Qué hace él?

Conjugations : 

Conjugations Here’s the good news: you only need to learn 2 sets of endings one for –ar verbs another for –er & -ir verbs

Conjugations : 

Conjugations Un poquito más: for –ar verbs, add the following to the verb stem: -aba -ábamos -abas X -aba -aban

Conjugations: Ejemplo : 

Conjugations: Ejemplo Here’s hablar in the imperfect: hablaba hablábamos hablabas X hablaba hablaban “Yo hablaba” can be translated to mean “I was speaking.” OR “I used to speak.”

Conjugations : 

Conjugations Un poquito más: for BOTH –er and –ir verbs, add the following to the verb stem: -ía -íamos -ías X -ía -ían

Conjugations: -er ejemplo : 

Conjugations: -er ejemplo Here’s comer in the imperfect: comía comíamos comías X comía comían “Yo comía” can be translated to mean “I was eating.” OR “I used to eat.”

Conjugations: -ir ejemplo : 

Conjugations: -ir ejemplo Here’s vivir in the imperfect: vivía vivíamos vivías X vivía vivían “Yo vivía” can be translated to mean “I was living.” OR “I used to live . . .”

Links : 

Links http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/games/imp1-la.htm Click on the link to hear examples of some common verbs in the imperfect tense: Click on the link to take a mini quiz and check your understanding: http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/imp1.htm

Conjugations : 

Conjugations So you’re probably asking yourself by now, “How am I supposed to tell the difference between the “yo” form and the él/ella form?” CONTEXT—that’s how! We establish conversational context (in this case, who we’re talking about) by naming names, or by body language such as gestures and glances.

Audio Link & Quiz : 

Audio Link & Quiz Listen to the 3 irregular verbs being pronounced by a native speaker: http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/games/imp2-sp.htm Now try the quiz at studyspanish.com to see how you’re doing: http://www.studyspanish.com/tests/imp2.htm http://www.studyspanish.com/tests/imp2.htm

Práctica: Ex. 5, p. 139 : 

Práctica: Ex. 5, p. 139 volver (ella) 2. viajar (nosotros) 3. trabajar (Uds.) 4. hablar (tú) 5. aprender (ellos) Ask questions about what the following people were doing yesterday afternoon, using the clues given. MODELO: traducir / él ¿Traducía él? 1. ¿Volvía ella? 2. ¿Viajábamos nosotros? 3. ¿Trabajaban Uds.? 4. ¿Hablabas tú? 5. ¿Aprendían ellos?

Práctica: Ex. 6, p. 139 : 

Práctica: Ex. 6, p. 139 1. un hombre chistoso/vender globos rojos y amarillos 2. una niña/molestar a todo el mundo con una serpiente de plástico 3. tú/mirar un desfile de carros antiguos y pequeños Write sentences telling what the following people were doing while you were riding the roller coaster: MODELO: unas chicas/cepillarse el pelo Unas chicas se cepillaban el pelo.

Práctica: Ex. 6, p. 139 : 

Práctica: Ex. 6, p. 139 1. Un hombre chistoso vendía globos rojos y amarillos. 2. Una niña molestaba a todo el mundo con una serpiente de plástico. 3. Tú mirabas un desfile de carros antiguos y pequeños. Las respuestas a preguntas numero 1 a 3. ¿Te gustan los desfiles?

El Imperfecto: Irregulares : 

El Imperfecto: Irregulares Great news: only 3 verbs are irregular in the imperfect: ver ir ser

El Imperfecto: Irregulares : 

El Imperfecto: Irregulares ir iba íbamos ibas X iba iban Mis hermanos y yo íbamos al rio a jugar en los veranos.

El Imperfecto: Irregulares : 

El Imperfecto: Irregulares ver veía veíamos veías X veía veían Yuli y Courtney veían los payasos en el desfile cuando oyeron los fuegos artificiales.

El Imperfecto: Irregulares : 

El Imperfecto: Irregulares ser era éramos eras X era eran Cuando yo era joven, me gustaba ir de vacaciones a las montañas.