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

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