Span Quiz Pret/inperf

Ar Normal Imperfect endings

• Yo: Aba

• Tu: Abas

• La/El: Aba

• Nos: Ábamos

• Vos: Abais

• Ellos: Aban

Ir/Er Normal Imperfect endings

• Yo: ía

• Tu: ías

• La/El: ía

• Nos: íamos

• Vos: íasis

• Ellos: ían

Ar normal Preterit endings

• Yo: é

• Tu: aste

• La/El: ó

• Nos: amos

• Vos: ásteis

• Ellos: aron

Ir/Er normal Preterit endings

• Yo: í

• Tu: iste

• La/El: ió

• Nos: imos

• Vos: isteis

• Ellos: ieron

Key phrases for imperfect

• generally, in general, often, many times, sometimes, form time to time, everyday, always, never, frequently

When do you use the imperfect tense?

• Continuous/repeated actions

• When the exact time the action started/ended is not important

• Ex: I use to eat, I was sleeping,

When do you use the preterit tense?

• A specific instance / completed action

• Actions that interrupt ongoing events

IR Verbs Stem Changes (Only in the El/Ella Group)

• Preferir is normally prefer, now prefir

• Repetir is normally repet, now repit

• Dormir is normally dorm, now durm

• Morir is normally mor, now mur

Ser and Ir Congegations

• Yo: Fui

• Tu: Fuiste

• La/El: Fue

• Nos: Fuimos

• Vos: Fuisteis

• Ellos: Fueron

Dar (to give) Conjugations

• Yo: Di

• Tu: Diste

• La/El: Dio

• Nos: Dimos

• Vos: Disteis

• Ellos: Dieron

Ver Conjugations

• Yo: Vi

• Tu: Viste

• La/El: Vio

• Nos: Vimos

• Vos: Visteis

• Ellos: Vieron

For Car, Gar, Zar Verbs what does it change to and when?

• When: Yo form

• Car → qué

• Gar → gué

• Zar → cé