Preterite
Hablar (yo)
hablé
estar (yo)
estaba
ser (yo)
fui
I went to the doctor
Yo fui al doctor
Preterite and imperfect tenses are both talking about the past and they are interchangable
false
comer (tú)
comiste
escribir (tú)
escribías
Ir (yo)
fui
She used to live in Burien
Ella vivía en Burien
This tense describe past actions as a completed event
preterite
Correr (she)
corrió
vivir (ella)
vivía
ser (ella)
fue
Juan ate an apple
Juan comió una manzana
This tense describes the way things where, what use to happen or what was going on
Imperfect
nadar (ellos)
nadaron
manejar (él)
manejaba
ir (él)
fue
Juan used to eat an apple every day
Juan comía una manzana todos los días
This tense describes something that used to happen
the imperfect
caminar (nosotros)
caminamos
conducir (ellos)
conducían
fueron
I was walking and I fell
Caminaba y me caí
this tense is used to show that events began or were completed in the past
preterite