preterite vs imperfect

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express actions or states viewed by the speaker as completed

preterite

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express beginning or end of a past action

preterite

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narrate a series of past actions

preterite

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describe an ongoing past action without reference to beginning or end

imperfect

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to express habitual past actions

imperfect

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describe mental, physical, emotional states/conditions

imperfect

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to tell time

imperfect

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using them together

imperfect: describes what was happening

preterite: describes action that interrupts the ongoing activity