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can someone explain to me like, the difference between the imperfect and the preterite tense? and give examples of ar, er and ir verbs. i'm just really confused & google isn't helping. i can't ask my teacher anyway + she's totally weird and would probably confuse me even more. thanks :)
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Preterite is something in the past that had a definite beginning and end.
Such as- She went with me yesterday (Ella fue conmigo ayer)
Preterite endings-
ar-
Yo- e (with accent)
Tu- aste
El/ella/tu formal- o (with accent)
Nosotros- amos
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes- aron
er and ir (they're the same)-
Yo- i (with accent)
Tu- iste
El/ella/tu formal- io (accent over o)
Nosotros- imos
Ellos/ellas/ustedes- ieron
examples of verbs in pret. tense:
You talked= Habaste
There are some irregular verbs for pret. tense as well.
Ir/Ser = (Fui, Fuiste, Fue, Fuimos, Fueron)
Imperfect tense is something that was in the past that has no definite beginning or end. Something in general.
Such as=
I used to swim in the summers (Nadaba en los veranos)
or
You used to read Babar books? (Leias los libros de babar?)
Endings for imperfect tense
AR-
Yo- aba
Tu- abas
El/ella/tu formal- aba
Nosotros- abamos
Ellos/ellas/ustedes- aban
er/ir (always an accent over I in all of them)
Yo- ia
Tu- ias
El/ella/tu formal- ia
Nosotros- iamos
Ellos/ellas/ustedes- ian
Other examples:
You used to live on my street (vivian en mi calle)
I hope I answered you question. This all came from my spanish teacher, and not from some website, so it should be reliable.
Good luck.
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i don't know about the imperfect and preterite verbs but i know the ar er and ir verbs
-AR
hablar - to talk
caminar - to walk
escuchar - to listen
ok there's a lot of other ones but those are all i can think of right now
the conjugations for -ar verbs are
yo (I) - o
tu (you) - as
el, ella, Ud. (him/her) - a
nosotros (we) - amos
ellas, ellos, Uds. (they) - an
-ER
same conjugations except instead of o, as, a, amos, an, it's o, es, e, emos, en
-IR
same conjugations except it's o, es, e, imos, en
hope i helped
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I haven't taken Spanish in about a year and a half, so I don't remember examples of a preterite tense or an imperfect tense. But I know the verbs
AR
cantar -- to sing.
bailar -- to dance.
tocar -- to play [an instrument, not a game. a game would be jugar, i believe]
hablar -- to talk.
IR
escribir -- to write.
vivir -- to live.
vendir -- to sell.
I don't remember any ER verbs. =( Sorry.
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Preterite is a past action that has already ended. Imperfect is a past action that has no definate ending or beginning. For examples go to this website: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
P.S. I know how you feel, my spanish teacher is really weird too!
Good luck && I hope I helped!
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hey, well did you try google language tools?
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
im not sure if thats much of a help, but its worth a shot.
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