EL PASADO Womack EL IMPERFECTO Imperfect Tense Review ar aba abas aba Sujeto Yo Tú Él,ella ud. Sujeto nosotros,as vosotros,as Ellos, Ellas, Uds. ar ábamos abais aban IMPERFECT DOES NOT HAVE STEM-CHANGERS!!!!!! ir-to go Sujeto Sujeto Yo Tú Él,ella ud. iba ibas iba ir-to go nosotros,as vosotros,as Ellos, Ellas, Uds. íbamos ibais iban er ía ías ía Sujeto Yo Tú Él,ella ud. Sujeto Yo Tú Él,ella ud. er íamos íais ían Sujeto nosotros,as vosotros,as Ellos, Ellas, Uds. ir ía ías ía Sujeto Yo Tú Él,ella ud. ir íamos íais ían Sujeto nosotros,as vosotros,as Ellos, Ellas, Uds. Examples hablar comer vivir IMPERFECT DOES NOT HAVE SPELLING PROBLEMS!!!! IRREGULAR VERBS Imperfect ser- to be Sujeto ser-to be Sujeto ver-to see Sujeto ver- to see is not so era eras era nosotros,as vosotros,as Ellos, Ellas, Uds. éramos erais eran Yo Tú Él,ella ud. ve ía veías veía nosotros,as veíamos vosotros,as veíais Ellos, Ellas, Uds. imperfect! veían MEANINGS OF THE IMPERFECT IN ENGLISH WAS/WERE + -ING Yo hablaba I was talking Tú comías You were eating He was living. She was living. Él,ella ud. vivía. You (formal were living. USED TO I used to talk I used to eat. He used to live. She used to live. You used to live. WOULD (ALWAYS, CUSTOMARILY, HABITUALLY) IN THE PAST I would always talk I would always eat. He would customarily live…. She would habitually live… You would always live… SIMPLE PAST I talked I ate. He lived. She lived. You lived. Nosotros,as íbamos. We were going. We used to go. We would always go…. We went. Vosotros erais. You all (informal) were being You all used to be.. You all would always be… You all were. They were seeing.. They used to see They would always see… They saw. They (all girls) were seeing.. They (all girls) used to see They (all girls) would always see… They (all girls) saw. You all used to see You all would always see… You all saw. Ellos, ellas, uds. Veían. You all (informal) were seeing. WHEN TO USE IMPERFECT R I C H D REPEATED INTERRUPT- CONTIN- HABITUAL DESCRIPACTIONS ED ACTION IN TION IN UAL IN THE ACTIONS ACTION THE PAST THE PAST PAST IN THE IN THE PAST (WHEN NOT TO USE IMPERFECT) USE PRETERITE A T AGE E TIME PAST 3 B EMOTION BEGINNING ACTION IN THE PAST N I C NON INTERRUPTI COMPLETED REPEATING NG ACTION ACTION IN ACTION IN IN THE PAST. THE PAST. THE PAST. E ENDING ACTION IN THE PAST. Womack EL PASADO 3 EL IMPERFECTO