Sr. Jordan: ¿El pretérito o el imperfecto? (Lección 1)

What are the imperfect tense conjugations?

• é, ás, á, emos, án (lol jk, those are the future tense conjugations)

• -é, -aste, ó, etc. for -AR verbs and the imperfect tense ends with -í, -iste, -ió, etc for -ER/-IR verbs.

• -o, -as, an, etc. for -AR verbs and the imperfect tense ends with -o, -es, -en, etc for -ER/-IR verbs.

• -aba, -abas, aban, etc. for -AR verbs and the imperfect tense ends with -ía, -ías, -ían, etc for -ER/-IR verbs.

  
  

¿Cómo se dice "Tenía pelo castaño y ojos azules" en inglés?

• He HAS brown hair and blue eyes

• He HAD brown hair and blue eyes

Why was the first paragraph all IMPERFECT?

• It told events to move the story forward

• It told background information

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Choose a sentence that was just described by Sr. Jordan. What tense did it use and why did it use that tense?

According to the teachings of Sr. Songer & Sr. Jordan, the next sentence should be...

• Gloria estaba nerviosa (Gloria was nervous)

• Gloria estuvo nerviosa (Gloria was nervous)

According to the teachings of Sr. Songer & Sr. Jordan, what will the next sentence be?

• Gloria sacó su teléfono. (Gloria took out her phone)

• Gloria sacaba su teléfono. (Gloria took out her phone)

If Gloria said that ella estuvo atrapada instead of that ella estaba atrapada, how would the meaning change?

• estuvo atrapada implies that she was trapped but not anymore, she is free now!

• estuvo atrapada implies that she is still trapped and doesn't know if she will ever escape in her whole life

Write questions or concerns that you have about how to use the preterite vs imperfect:

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