Preterite
What does the preterite tense show?
Used for actions that happened at a specific moment or were completed in the past.
What does the imperfect tense show?
Used for repeated, habitual, or ongoing actions in the past, or for descriptions.
What is an example of an irregular verb in the past tenses?
ir, dar, ser, ver
estar/yo in the preterite
estuve
Hablar/yo
Hablé
vivir/nosotros
vivíamos
hacer/él in the preterite
hizo
leer/tú in the imperfect
leías
What do 'fui' and 'era' mean?
They both mean 'I was'
What does estaban mean?
They were
ver/yo in the preterite
vi
hacer/ella in the preterite
hizo
Comer/ellos
Comieron
tener/ella
tenía
ir/vosotros in the preterite
fuisteis
vivir/ellos in the preterite
vivieron
ir/tú
fuiste
What words tend to signal the imperfect tense?
siempre (always), a menudo (often), de niño (as a child), mientras (while)
ser/nosotros in the imperfect
Éramos
ir/nosotros in the imperfect
íbamos