Preterite vs. Imperfect Translations
Translate into Spanish: They went to México often.
What is: Ellos iban a Mexico con frecuencia.
If you were to translate this sentence into spanish would it be preterite or imperfect? And give a reason why: I used to play
What is imperfect tense Reason - Key words "used to"
Conjuagte abrir in the yo form in the preterite
What is abrí.
Conjugate hablar in the ellos, ellas, uds form in the imperfect tense
What is hablaban.
Translate into spanish: I used to play baseball
What is: Yo jugaba al beísbol
If you were to translate this sentence into spanish would it be preterite or imperfect? And give a reason why: I went to the party Sunday.
What is Preterite tense Reason - Event completed in past at a certain time
Translate into Spanish: I went to Boston on Monday
What is yo fui a Boston el lunes.
If you were to translate this sentence into spanish would it be preterite or imperfect? And give a reason why: My mom asked me if I cleaned my room.
What is Preterite tense Reason - Dialogue
Conjugate comer in the él, ella, Usted form in the preterite
What is comió
Translate into spanish: I saw the eagle on the cactus
What is: Yo vi el águila en el nopal.
Conjugate querer in the nosotros form in the imperfect tense
What is queríamos.
What does de MIENTRAS mean in spanish?
What is while.
Translate into spanish When he was 5 he broke his arm.
What is: Cuando él tenía cinco años, él rompió el brazo.
If you were to translate this sentence into spanish would it be preterite or imperfect? And then give a reason why: I was eating a banana and then my cell phone rang. (Two verbs and two reasons)
What is Imprefect tense Reason - key ending -ing 2nd verb Preterite tense Reason - Interruption
What does "una vez" mean in english?
What is one time.