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Preterito vs. Imperfecto
Preterite vs. Imperfect
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
03/06/2007

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Term
completed past actions or events (or a series of completed actions or events)
Definition
preterite
Term
an action in progress in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
time, age in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
when an action began or ended
Definition
preterite
Term
habitual or customary actions in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
description of continuous emotional states in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
to say an event took place
Definition
preterite
Term
sum up an action, idea, or feeling; to view it as a totality
Definition
preterite
Term
describe the existance of people and things in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
describe the events and actions in progress or ongoing conditions in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
P conocer
Definition
to meet
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I conocer
Definition
to be familiar with
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P saber
Definition
to find out
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I saber
Definition
to know
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P poder
Definition
to succeed
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I poder
Definition
to be able to
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P no poder
Definition
to fail
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I no poder
Definition
to be unable to
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P querer
Definition
to attempt to do something
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I querer
Definition
to want to do something
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P no querer
Definition
to refuse
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I no querer
Definition
to not want
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P tener
Definition
to recieve or to get
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I tener
Definition
to have
Term
how would you say this in spanish?

She said she was going to Cuzco tomorrow.
Definition
Mariam dijo que iba a Cuzco mañana.
Term
the narrative past (list)
Definition
preterite
Term
what interrupts the other?
Definition
the preterite interrupts the imperfect
Term
there occured, happened
Definition
hubo, preterite
Term
to describe people, places, or events in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
to express time of day in the past
Definition
imperfect
Term
to express regular, repeated, or habitual actions
Definition
imperfect
Term
there was/were
Definition
imperfect, había
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mental activity in the past
Definition
imperfect

-Estoy muy felíz ayer.
I was very happy yesterday.
-Yo tenía muchi miedo.
I was very scared.
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