02 Preterite Vs Imperfect (part 2)
Hello everyone. I decided to try and tackle the confusing topic of preterite vs. imperfect in another video. I hope it helps you and there is less confusion after watching both videos.
Make sure to watch the previous video on this as well. Enjoy!
Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions below!
Vocabulario:
abrir – to open
anoche – lastnight
ayer – yesterday
caliente – hot
comprar – to buy
cuando era niño – when I was a (male) kid
cuando – when
dar – to give
de pequeño / de pequeña – as a child
después de – after ___.
el buzón – mailbox
el centro comercial – mall
el coche nuevo – a new car
el lunes pasado – (on) last Monday
el mes pasado – last month
el parque – the park
el profesor – the teacher, professor
el sábado – (on) Saturday
el zoológico – zoo
gustar – to be pleasing to
Le gustó – “He liked ___”
Le gustaba – “He used to like”
hablar por teléfono – to talk on the phone
hacer la tarea – to do homework
ir – to go
fueron – they went/they were
fuimos – we went/we were
íbamos – we went; we were going; we used to go
la familia – family
la iglesia – church
la nieve – ice cream, snow
la playa – beach
le – to him, to her
leer – to read
llover – to rain
los estudiantes – the students
los lunes – on Mondays
los papás – parents
mi / mis – my
nos – to us
nadar – to swim
porque – because
recuerda – he/she remembers
reír(se) – to laugh
me reí – I laughed
sacar – to take out; to take
ser – to be
fueron – they went/they were
eran – they were; they used to be; they would be
siempre – always
todos los días – every day
una tarjeta postal – a postcard
ver – to see
Related video(s):
- Preterite – Irregulars – ir & ser
- Preterite – Irregulars – hacer
- Preterite – Irregulars – decir
- Preterite – Irregulars – poder
- Preterite – Irregulars – querer
- Preterite – Irregulars – estar
- Preterite – Irregulars – saber
- Preterite – Irregulars – poner
- Preterite – Irregulars – tener
- Preterite – Irregulars – venir
- Preterite – Irregulars – ver & dar
- Preterite – Irregulars – traer, traducir, conducir
- Preterite – Irregulars song
- Preterite -IR Stem-Changers (e-i)
- Preterite -IR Stem-changers (o-u)
- Imperfect – AR verbs
- Imperfect – ER / IR verbs
- Imperfect – Irregular verbs – ir, ser, ver
- Imperfect vs. Preterite (Part 2)
- Preterite vs Imperfect SONG
Perfect! But for me it`s difficult… I`m just a beginner in Spanish. Many thanks for your lessons!!!
Thank you so much! Fot the past two or three months I have been struggling with preterite and imperfect in my spanish class and this video really helped. I finally get when to use then in different situations. Also thanks for the irregular preterite song that will truly help me with my re-take spanish quiz Tuesday!
Your lesson are wonderful! I. The list of vocabulary you have” Fimos = I went. I just thought you would want to know.
Thanks! Fixed it! 🙂
You have no idea how much this video cleared up my confusion on this topic!! Muchas gracias!!
On sentence #3 you use the word “nieve” as the word for ice cream. Shouldn’t you use the word “helado” instead?
do you happen to have a document with a summary of this like the one you have for por and para?