Traducciones
"The cat drank milk."
"El gato bebió/tomó (la) leche."
If you were to translate this sentence into Spanish, would it be in the preterit or imperfect? Why?
"I used to play."
Imperfect
Habitual/Repeated action
Ella abrir la puerta.
"She opened the door."
abrió
De adolescentes ellos se hablar todo el tiempo.
"As teenagers they used to talk to each other all the time."
hablaban
"yesterday"
ayer
"My sister used to play softball."
"Mi hermana jugaba (al) sófbol."
If you were to translate this sentence into Spanish, would it be in the preterit or imperfect? Why?
"We went to the party on Sunday."
Preterit
Event completed once at a certain time
Anteanoche yo estar un poco enferma pero ahora estoy mucho mejor.
"Night before last I was a little sick but now I am much better."
estuve
Antes de verlas en aquel libro yo no saber estas estadísticas.
"Before reading them in that book I did not know these statistics."
sabía
"every day"
cada día, todos los días
"I went to the movies (on) Monday."
"Yo fui al cine el lunes."
If you were to translate this sentence into Spanish, would it be in the preterit or imperfect? Why?
"My mom asked me if I liked scary movies." (2 verbs)
(1st verb - "asked") Preterit
Completed once
(2nd verb - "liked") Imperfect
Description of personal preferences/attitudes
Ellos repetir las palabras en árabe.
"They repeated the words in Arabic."
repitieron
A menudo mi familia y yo mirar una película en Disney.
"Often my family and I would watch a movie on Disney."
mirábamos
"last week"
la semana pasada
"My mom and dad watched television."
"Mis padres/Mi mamá y (mi) papá miraron/vieron la tele(visión)."
If you were to translate this sentence into Spanish, would it be in the preterit or imperfect? Why?
"He was very tired so he took a nap." (2 verbs)
(1st verb - "was") Imperfect
Physical description
(2nd verb - "took") Preterit
Completed action
Todas nosotras tocar un concerto de Mozart.
"All of us played a concerto by Mozart."
tocamos
¿Querer tú algo especial por la Navidad?
"Did you want something special for Christmas?"
querías
de vez en cuando
"from time to time", "once in a while"
"When the girl was 5 years old she lived in Chicago."
"Cuando la niña/muchacha/chica tenía 5 años ella vivía/vivió en Chicago."
If you were to translate this sentence into Spanish, would it be in the preterit or imperfect? Why?
"I was eating a banana and then my cell phone rang." (2 verbs)
(1st verb - "was eating") Imperfect
Incomplete/Interrupted action
(2nd verb - "rang") Preterit
Completed action
Hace cinco años yo llegar a Wisconsin con mi familia.
"Five years ago I arrived in Wisconsin with my family."llegué
A veces, cuando nosotros ser jóvenes, ir al cine y ver una película.
"Sometimes, when we were young, we would go to the movies and we would see a movie."
éramos
íbamos
veíamos
hace quinientos años
"five hundred years ago"