En una conversación...
Usa En Una Frase - Imperfecto
Imperfecto
Irregular
Usa En Una Frase - Pretérito
Pretérito Irregular
100
What would you say if someone said.... "¿Qué hiciste ayer?"
Varies. Yo form Preterite
100
Use this word in a sentence: veía
Varies. Note: ver means to see. Veía means to "used to see" or "to see often in the past"
100
We used to go
íbamos
100
fuimos
Varies. fuimos = the nosotros form of "ir" = we went
100
they had
tuvieron
200
What would you say if someone said.... ¿De dónde era tu abuela?
Era de...
200
iba
Varies. iba = (s)he/it used to go/was going OR I used to go/was going Yo iba al museo mucho de niño.
200
we used to see
veíamos
200
tuve
Varies. tuve = yo form of tener in preterite "Tuve que estudiar mucho." = I had to study a lot.
200
he walked (andar)
anduvo
300
¿Cómo eras tú de niño?
Varies. The question means: What were you like as a kid? Yo era simpático. Yo era estudioso. Yo era bajo. Yo era calma.
300
éramos
Varies. éramos = we used to be/we were Eramos buenos amigos ese año. Eramos más inteligentes que los otros.
300
it used to be (bigger)
era
300
estudié
Varies. I studied....
300
(s)he slept
durmió
400
What would you say if someone said... ¿Qué te gustaba hacer cuando tenías seis años?
Me gustaba.... cuando tenía seis años.
400
hacía
Varies. It means "he/she/it was making or doing" Hacía frío... Hacía su tarea mucho en el pasado... ¿Qué hacías cuando te llamé?
400
I used to be (nice) (personality)
yo era
400
estuvo
Varies. He/she was (emotion/location)
500
What would you say if someone said.... ¿Qué hacías cuando lo supiste?
Varies. The question means: What were you doing when you found out? imperfect answer
500
Use this word in a sentence: conocía
Varies. *Note: Conocer means "to be familiar with"
500
He was looking (at the animal)
él veía
500
supimos
Varies. supimos = saber in preterite = we found out "Supimos que el perro estaba enfermo."
500
¿Cómo se dice en español...? They had to study last night.
Tuvieron que estudiar anoche.
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