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Preterite vs. Imperf

Spanish Test 12/15/08

QuestionAnswer
conoci a juan hace cinco anos i met juan five years ago
preterite conocer met (completed action
de repente suddenly (indicates preterit)
en aquella epoca conociamos muy bien la ciudad at that time we knew the city very well
imperfect conocer knew (no definite beginning or end)
maria quiso comprar la casa maria tried to buy the house (completed action)
preterite querer tried to
juan queria comprar la casa juan wanted to buy the house`
imperfect querer wanted to
conoci a juan hace cinco anos i met juan five years ago
preterite conocer met (completed action
de repente suddenly (indicates preterit)
en aquella epoca conociamos muy bien la ciudad at that time we knew the city very well
imperfect conocer knew (no definite beginning or end)
maria quiso comprar la casa maria tried to buy the house (completed action)
preterite querer tried to
juan queria comprar la casa juan wanted to buy the house`
imperfect querer wanted to
maria no quiso comparar la casa maria refused to buy the house
no querer preterite refused
juan no queria comprar la casa juan did not want to buy the house
no querer imperfect did not want to
maria lo supo ayer maria found out yesterday
saber preterite found out (completed action)
juan sabia que maria venia juan knew that maria was coming
saber imperfect knew
maria pudo levantar la mesa maria succeeded in lifting the table
poder preterite succeeded
juan podia participar en la manifestacion juan was able to participate in the demonstration
poder imperfect was able to (no def. beginning/end)
maria tuvo una carta de su mama maria recieved a letter from her mom
tener preterite recieved (completed action)
juan tenia un coche nuevo juan used to have a new car
tener imperfect used to have (no def. beginning/end)
what's the weather like? Que tiempo hace? (acccent over e in que)
it's cold hace frio (accent over i)
it's hot hace calor
it's windy hace viento
it's sunny hace sol
the weather is good hace buen tiempo
the weather is bad hace mal tiempo
it's brisk/chilly hace fresco
it's raining esta lluvioso (accent over esta a)
it's cloudy esta (accent over a) nublado
Created by: llcrys
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