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Preterito-Imperfecto

This site is to help study the two past tenses:

-Preterite-the past tense whose focus on the action or a specific time frame

-Imperfect- the past tense whose focus is descriptive and the time frame is unspecified or a repeated action, something that "used to happen"

Conjuagciones of Preterito y Imperfecto

Preterito

ar-verb
yo-e(accent)
tu-aste
el/ella/usted-o(accent)
nosotros-amos
vosotros-asteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes-aron

er-ir verbs
yo-e(accent)
tu-iste
el/ella/usted-o(accent)
nostoros-imos
vosotros-isteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes-ieron


Imperfecto

ar-verbs
yo-aba
tu-abas
el/ella/usted-aba
nosotros-abamos
vostros-abai(accent)s
ellos/ellas/ustedes-aban

er-ir verbs (all I's have accents on them)
yo-ia
tu-ias
el/ella/usted-ia
nosotros-iamos
vosotros-iais
ellos/ellas/ustedes-ian

The words below help give indications to which tense to use:

Preterito: Imperfecto:
Anoche Todos los dias ("todas" in general)
Ayer Frecuentemente, a muendo
El ano, semana, etc De nino, de pequeno
El feche Generalmente

the preterite tense and the imperfect tense in spanish by jesus colter