Preterite vs. Imperfect Translations
Preterite or Imperfect?
Preterite Conjugations
Imperfect Conjugations
Vocabulario
100

Translate into Spanish : I used to play soccer

Yo jugaba fútbol

100

Preterito or imperfecto: I used to play.

Imperfect Tense

100

Conjugate "abrir" in the yo form in the preterite.

 Abrí

100

Conjugate "hablar" in the ellos/ellas form of the imperfect.

they used to talk

Hablaban

100

The word for never in Spanish

 nunca

200

Translate to Spanish: Yesterday, I went to the park.

Ayer, (yo) fui al parque.

200

Preterite or imperfect: My teacher asked me a question yesterday.

Preterite tense

200

Conjugate "comer" in the ella form in preterite

comió

200

Conjugate "IR" in the yo form in the imperfect.

I used to go

Iba

200

Last Saturday in Spanish

El sábado pasado

300

Translate to Spanish: Every summer we used to go to the beach

Cada verano / Todos los veranos íbamos a la playa

300

Preterito or imperfect: I went to the party on Sunday.

Preterite tense

300

Conjugate "estar" in the we form of the preterite tense. 

Estuvimos

300

Conjugate "trabajar" in the tú form in the imperfect

you used to work

trabajabas

300

sometimes in Spanish

a veces

400

Translate to Spanish : I was ( I used to have) 5 years old.

 Yo tenía cinco años.

400

Preterite or imperfect: He was 15 years old.

 Imperfect tense

400

Conjugate "ser" in the él,ella, usted form in the preterite

 fue

400

Conjugate "There is"  in  imperfect

Habia

400

When I was a child,

Cuando era nino

500

Translate to Spanish: There used to be less traffic in the streets. 

Había menos tráfico en las calles

500

Preterito o imperfecto: Yesterday was sunny.

Imperfect tense

500

Conjugate "ir" in the él/ella form in the preterite.


fue

500

Conjugate "ver" in the nosotros form in the imperfect

Veíamos

500

What does anteayer mean in spanish ?

the day before yesterday

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