Imperfect Progressive and Preterite Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
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Imperfect Progressive and Preterite
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Do you remember the present progressive? • It’s used when a person wants to say that an action is happening “right now. ”
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • It uses the present tense of estar + the present participle. • No puedo ir al cine. Estoy estudiando para el examen.
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • To describe something that was taking place over a period of time in the past, use the imperfect progressive, which uses the imperfect tense of estar + the present participle.
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Estaba esquiando cuando me caí y me torcí la rodilla. • I was skiing when I fell and sprained my knee.
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • The present and imperfect progressive tenses use the same irregular present participles.
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Remember, to form the present participle of -ir stem-changing verbs, e changes to i and o changes to u:
E>I decir? diciendo pedir? pidiendo repetir? repitiendo seguir? siguiendo servir? sirviendo vestir? vistiendo
O>U dormir? durmiendo
I>Y • For the following -er verbs, the I of -iendo changes to y: • creer? • traer? • creyendo • trayendo • leer? • leyendo
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • When you use pronouns with the imperfect progressive, you can put them before estar or attach them to the participle.
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • ¿Qué estaba haciendo cuando te cortaste? • Estaba afeitándome. • Or • Me estaba afeitando.
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Note that the imperfect progressive describes what was taking place while the preterite tells a specific occurance in the past or interrupts the action.
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó el tobillo. • Juan estaba cocinando cuando se cayo. • Diego estaba durmiendo cuando la enfermera le puso las puntadas,
Imperfect Progressive and Preterite • Cheyenne estaba comiendo queso cuando se corto. • Filippo estaba preparando la cena cuando se quemo. • Taylor estaba jugando cuando se rompio el brazo.
- Preterite or imperfect for weather
- Querer preterite
- Imperfect clue words
- Difference between imperfect and preterite spanish
- Preterite vs imperfect
- Preterite and imperfect endings
- Uses of preterite
- Is mental and emotional states preterite or imperfect
- Imperfect vs preterite examples
- Superhombre preterite vs imperfect
- Is cada dia preterite or imperfect
- (fueron/eran) las doce.
- Preterite vs imperfect trigger words
- Simba cheated examples
- Setting the scene preterite or imperfect
- En ese momento preterite or imperfect