el imperfecto

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el imperfecto
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USE IT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU

• USED TO DO
• HABITUALLY DID
• OFTEN DID

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• DESCRIPTIONS IN THE PAST
• WEATHER
• TIME
• AGE
• LIKES AND DISLIKES

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• My Dad used to go fishing on Sundays.
• My family always used to go to Maine for the
  summer.
• She was wearing a red dress.
• The baby was 2 years old.
• It was 500 in the afternoon.
• I liked to eat pizza.
• It was a cold rainy day.

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EL IMPERFECTO

• Its another past tense !!

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AR verbs

• aba ábamos
• abas abais
• aba aban

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ER/IR verbs

• ía
• ías
• ía

• íamos
• íais
• ían

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Only 3 irregulars!!!!

• IR SER VER
• iba era veía
• ibas eras veías
• iba era veía
• íbamos éramos veíamos
• ibais erais veíais
• iban eran veían

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• BAILAR COMER DAR

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• bailaba comía daba
• bailabas comías dabas
• bailaba comía daba
• bailábamos comíamos dábamos
• bailabais comíais dabais
• bailaban comían daban

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En español

• I was dancing.
• She used to dance.
• Didnt they used to dance?

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En español

• We used to eat at home.
• We were eating at home.
• Were we eating at home?
• Didnt we used to eat at home?

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En español

• They used to give a lot.
• They didnt used to give.
• They were giving a lot.
• Were they giving a lot?