| Question | Answer |
| What are the Imperfect endings? (AR ENDINGS) | AR:
aba
abas
aba
abamos(accent on first a)
abais
aban |
| What are the Imperfect endings? (ER/IR ENDINGS) | ER/IR:(accents on of the first i's)
ia
ias
ia
iamos
iais
ian |
| What are the irregular imperfect verb endings? IR(to go) | iba
ibas
iba
ibamos(accent on the i)
ibais
iban |
| What are the irregular imperfect verb endings? SER(to be) | era
eras
era
eramos(accent on the e)
erais
eran |
| What are the irregular imperfect verb endings? VER(to see) | (accents on all the first i's)
veia
veias
veia
veiamos
veiais
veian |
| What are the Preterite endings? (AR ENDINGS) | AR:
e(accent)
aste
o(accent)
amos
asteis
aron |
| What are the Preterite endings? (ER/IR ENDINGS) | ER/IR:
i(accent)
iste
io(accent on the o)
imos
isteis
ieron |
| How do you tell when to use the imperfect? | action verb in the past
continual action in the past
habitual action in the past
the interrupted action(by the preterite)
used to...
cue words: siempre,cuando era nino(tilde on second n),los domingos,todos los dias(accent the i),mientras,age,descript |
| How do you tell when to use the preterite? | action completed in the past
definite beginning and end
interrupting action(interrupts the imperfect)
cue words: ayer,la semana pasada,anoche,en
1997,un dia(accent on the i). |
