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Cuando eras niño…Cuando eras niño…
Repaso del pretéritoRepaso del pretérito
Remember the preterite?•We used it to talk about actions that happened in the past.
•The preterite explains a completedcompleted action.
ex.) Ayer vi una película buena.Yesterday, I saw a good movie.
El pretérito
• The preterite indicative is used to express definite past action, taken as a whole, with no idea of the duration of the time involved.
Compré uno zapatos para mi hijo. I bought a pair of shoes for my son.¿Dónde comió usted ayer? where did you eat yesterday?Comí en casa de Carlos y hablé con su padre. I ate at Charles house and spoke with his father.
El pretérito• The preterite is used for past
events that happened once and at a very specific moment in time, such as "last night I went to the movies".
• The preterite is also used for incipient action, meaning action that we see begin, such as "the sun came out" as opposed to an imperfect weather statement such as "It was sunny yesterday".
• When action begins or ends (I met Felipe, she graduated from college, the class ended at 9:15) we use the preterite.
• Furthermore, when action is interrupted ("we were golfing when it started to rain") the verb that stops the action is in the preterite.
Más ejemplos con el pretéritoMás ejemplos con el pretérito
ex.) Pidieron la cuenta.
They asked for the check.
ex.) Corriste en el parque con tu perro.
You ran in the park with your dog.
ex.) El mesero trajo la comida.
The waiter brought the food.
…But, there is another tense in the past.
The imperfect tenseimperfect tense
El imperfecto
• The Spanish imperfect usually translates into English as "used to" or "would" for example:
– When we were young we USED TO EAT cereal. (we may still eat cereal today)
– As a child we WOULD EAT cereal. (we might still)
• The imperfect can also be used as a past progressive, such as "They WERE EATING".
In the sentence "As a child I lived in Chicago" the listener does not have enough information to determine when the speaker arrived in Chicago or
when he/she left. It is possible that he/she still lives there.
• The general rule is that if you do not know when the action began or ended, it takes the imperfect.
• However, there are some cases in the past that almost always take the imperfect.
• Unless you have a clear beginning (incipient action), use the imperfect to describe the following in the past:
El imperfecto
• AgeTenía 12 años cuando robé el primer carro.I was 12 when I stole my first car.
• WeatherHacía buen tiempo cuando me arrestaron.It was nice weather when they arrested me.
• Emotional statesMi amigo estaba nervioso porque era la medianoche.My friend was nervous because it was the middle of the night.
• What people were doing WHEN something else happened
Me duchaba cuando sonó el teléfono.I was showering when the phone rang.
• Habitual past actionsíbamos a la playa cada verano.We went [used to go] to the
beach every summer.
• TimeEran las nueve de la noche.It was nine o'clock at night.
El imperfectoEl imperfecto(the imperfect tense)
Use the imperfect to:
1. Talk about what you used to do or what you were like in the past.
2. Tell how old you were.
3. Tell what time it was.
Ejemplos en el imperfectoEjemplos en el imperfecto
ex.) Yo tenía muchos juguetes.
I used to have a lot of toys.
ex.) Escribíamos cartas largas.
We used to write long letters.
ex.) Vivía en una casita amarilla.
I used to live in a little yellow house.
El imperfecto
Words that are hints for using Imperfect:
• Siempre • Cada (año, día...) • Usualmente • Generalmente• Normalmente• En general • En el pasado...
Imperfecto: conjugacionesImperfecto: conjugaciones
In the imperfect:
• All –ar verbs are regular.
• The –er and –ir verbs share the same endings.
• All verbs have a written accent in the nosotros form.
ConjugacionesConjugaciones(-ar, -er verbs)
JUGAR
jugabajugábamos
jugabas jugabais
jugabajugabanTENER
tenía teníamos
tenías teníais
tenía tenían
ConjugacionesConjugaciones(-ir verbs)
ESCRIBIR
escribía escribíamos
escribías escribíais
escribía escribían
*Notice how the yo and the él/ella/ud. forms are conjugated the same.
IrregularesIrregulares
IR
iba íbamosibas ibaisiba iban
VER
veía veíamos veías veíais veía veían
SER
era éramos
eras erais
era eran
Talking about what you used to doTalking about what you used to do
De niña veía mucho la televisión.
When I was a little girl…
De pequeños mis hermanos y yo íbamos a la cama temprano.
When we were little…
Talking about what you used to doTalking about what you used to do
De chiquito, no me gustaban las verduras.
When I was small...
Cuando era niña, leía muchas historias.
When I was a girl…
Talking about what you used to doTalking about what you used to do
Cuando era joven, mi familia y yo íbamos a la playa.
When I was young…
Cuando tenía trece años, quería ser escritora.
When I was thirteen years old…
VocabularioVocabulario
pelear- to fight
compartir- to share
soñar con- to dream about
VocabularioVocabulario
construir- to build
trepar a los árboles- to climb trees
VocabularioVocabulario
hacer travesuras- to play tricks
asustarse- to get scared
contar chistes- to tell jokes
Cuando yo era niña…
Nací el jueves, el 10 de julio 1986.
Tenía cuatro años cuando fui a la escuela por primera vez.
Mi madre me llevó.
Yo tenía muchos apodos cuando era pequeña:
KatKat
Lily
Lizzy ToonToon
Cuando tenía cinco años vivía en Coral Springs, Florida.
Cuando tenía trece años, me gustaba montar en caballo.
Cuando tenía diecisiete años, me gustaba correr mucho.
Y tú, ¿Cómo eras de niño (a)?