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The Imperfect Tense: PCHATOW for Physical/Emotional States, Habitual Actions, Age, Time, Weather, Continuing Actions, and When
- 1. The other past tense…
- 2. Things to know about the Imperfect… P physical or emotional states H habitual actions A age T time and weather C continuing actions O ongoing situations W when
- 3. P is for Physical/Emotional You are talking about previous mental, physical, or emotional conditions. Por ejemplo: Ella estaba cansada y muy triste. - She was tired and very sad.
- 4. H is for Habitual actions The imperfect is used for actions that were repeated habitually. Almorzábamos juntos todos los días. We would lunch together every day.
- 5. A if for Age and T is for Time and Weather The imperfect is used for telling time and stating one's age and for also describing the weather in the past. Eran las siete de la noche. It was seven o'clock at night. La niña tenía cinco años. The little girl was five years old. Hacía mal tiempo. Llovía. It was bad we athe r. It was raining .
- 6. C is for Continuing and O is for Ongoing… The imperfect tense is used to express something that was not completed or does not have a definite beginning or end. A past action or state being viewed as in progress. In English we often use the past progressive for this: “was/were ...-ing”. Mirábamos las mariposas. We were watching the butterflies.
- 7. W is for When... The imperfect is used for actions that "set the stage" for another action. Yo leía cuando entró mi papá. I was reading when my papa entered. (note that "entered" is preterite)
- 8. Las conjugaciones delLas conjugaciones del ImperfectoImperfecto abaaba ábamosábamos abasabas abaisabais abaaba abanaban “AR” verbos íaía íamosíamos íasías íaisíais íaía íanían “ER”/”IR” verbos Note: The accent in the nosotros form. Note: The accents on all of the i´s.
- 9. ““hablar”- imperfect tense…hablar”- imperfect tense… hablabahablaba hablábamoshablábamos hablabashablabas hablabaishablabais hablabahablaba hablabanhablaban hablar = to talk, to speak Por ejemplo: Yo siempre hablaba a mi abuela por teléfono. I always used to talk to my grandmother on the phone.
- 10. ““comer”- imperfect tense…comer”- imperfect tense… comíacomía comíamoscomíamos comíascomías comíaiscomíais comíacomía comíancomían comer= to eat Por ejemplo: Siempre comíamos la cena de el día de acción de gracias a las seis de la noche. We always used to eat dinner on Thanksgiving day at 6 at night.
- 11. ““vivir”- imperfect tense…vivir”- imperfect tense… vivíavivía vivíamosvivíamos vivíasvivías vivíaisvivíais vivíavivía vivíanvivían vivir = to live Por ejemplo: Yo vivía en Alabama cuando era niña. I lived in Alabama when I was a little girl.
- 12. Solamente hay 3 especiales en el imperfecto!! veíaveía veíamosveíamos veíasveías veíaisveíais veíaveía veíanveían eraera éramoséramos eraseras eraiserais eraera eraneran ser – to be ibaiba íbamosíbamos ibasibas ibaisibais ibaiba ibaniban ir – to go ver – to see
- 13. Tell-Tale signs of Imperfect… a veces - sometimes cada año/ cada dia - every year/every day de vez en cuando - once in a while todos los dias - everyday muchas veces - many times mucho - a lot por un rato - for a while siempre - always tantas veces - so many times generalmente - usually frecuentemente - frequently
- 14. Imperfect Progressive… This form is very similar to that of Present Progressive (I was walking, He was talking, etc.) in that “estar” is used with another verb with –ando or –iendo attached to the end of it. Por ejemplo: Yo estoy caminando… Mark está hablando….
- 15. Más de Imperfect Progressive… The only thing that differs is that with the Imperfect Progressive you use the imperfect form of estar instead of the present tense. Por ejemplo: Yo estaba caminando…. Mark estaba hablando…. *”ar” verbs – ando *y changers- yendo * “er/ir” verbs – iendo