Unidad 4 El imperfecto Los verbos erir y

Unidad 4 El imperfecto Los verbos –er/-ir y los irregulares ser, ir, ver, haber

El imperfecto Usos del imperfecto: • Express habitual or repeated actions/events and states in the past. • Actions without definite beginnings or endings (that continued for an indefinite time or may still be happening). • Gives the idea of “used to…” or “was doing” in English. • Used for description of people, places, objects, events, weather, and time. • It’s like the present tense of the past – you are saying what was happening

Las formas del imperfecto Los verbos –ER/-IR Singular Yo -ía Tú -ías Ud. /Él/ Ella -ía Plural Nosotros Nosotras Vosotros Vosotras Uds. /Ellos/ Ellas -íamos -íais -ían

El verbo Leer – to read Singular Yo leía (I was reading; I used to read) Tú leías (you were reading; you used to read) Plural Nosotros Nosotras Vosotros Vosotras leíamos (We were reading; we used to read) leíais (You all were reading; used to read) Ud. /Él/ leía Uds. /Ellos/ leían (You/He/She was (You/They were reading; Ellas reading, used to read)

Haber – “Hay” Había There used to be There was There were Había un palacio aquí. Había dos pirámides aquí. **Hubo is used when you are saying there was something in that moment like a car accident or a natural disaster but it’s done now. Había is more describing something that was there for an indefinite time. Most often it’s había.

El verbo Ser – to be Singular Yo era (I was; I used to be) Tú eras (you were; used to be) Ud. /Él/ era (You/He/She was; Ella used to be) Plural Nosotros Nosotras Vosotros Vosotras éramos (We were; used to be) erais (You all were; used to be) Uds. /Ellos/ eran (You/They were; used to Ellas be)

El verbo Ir Ir – to go Singular Yo iba (I was going; I used to go) Tú ibas (you were going; used to go) Ud. /Él/ iba (You/He/She was Ella going; used to go) Plural Nosotros Nosotras Vosotros Vosotras íbamos (We were going; used to go) ibais (You all were going; used to go) Uds. /Ellos/ iban (You/They were going; Ellas used to go)

El verbo Ver – to see Singular Yo veía (I was seeing; I used to see) Tú veías (you were seeing; used to see) Plural Nosotros Nosotras Vosotros Vosotras veíamos (We were seeing; used to see) veíais (You all were seeing; used to see) Ud. /Él/ veía Uds. /Ellos/ veían (You/They were seeing; (You/He/She was Ellas used to see) seeing; used to see)

Prueba de práctica iba 1. Yo _______ (ir) a la montaña cada día. veía 2. La princesa ____(ver) el volcán cada mes. eras 3. Tú _____ (ser) valiente. salíamos (salir) del palacio mucho. 4. Nosotros _____ compartían 5. Los enemigos no ______ (compartir).