The imperfect tense: other uses. The imperfect tense may also be used: To tell what time it was or...
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The imperfect tense: other uses
The imperfect tense may also be used:
To tell what time it was or what the weatherwas like when something happened.
Eran las cinco de la mañana y llovía muchocuando el accidente ocurrió.
The imperfect tense: other uses
To describe the physical, mental, andemotional states of a person or thing whensomething happened.
Muchas personas querían ayudar a la familia, perono sabían qué hacer.
The imperfect tense: other uses
These verbs are often used in the imperfect todescribe states of being:
estar (triste, contento, cansado)parecer (cansado, mal)pensarquerersentirse (bien, enfermo)tener (calor, frío, hambre, sed, sueño)
The imperfect tense: other uses
Había and hubo are forms of haber andboth mean “there was, there were.”Había is used to describe a situationthat existed in the past, while hubo isused to say that an event took place.
Había mucho humo en el apartamento.Hubo un terremoto ayer a las seis de lamañana.
The imperfect tense: other uses
The preterite of the verbs oír, leer, creer, and destruir
In the preterite forms of oír, the i changes to yin the Ud./él/ella and Uds./ellos/ellas forms.There is also an accent mark over the i in allother forms. Here are the present andpreterite forms of oír:
The preterite of the verbs oír, leer, creer, and destruir
The preterite of the verbs oír, leer, creer, and destruir
Creer and leer follow the same pattern in thepreterite.
The preterite of the verbs oír, leer, creer, and destruir
Creer and leer follow the same pattern in thepreterite.
The preterite of the verbs oír, leer, creer, and destruir
—¿Leíste el artículo sobre el incendio en elperiódico?—No, oí el noticiero en la televisión.
The preterite of the verbs oír, leer, creer, and destruir
• Destruir is conjugated like oír, creer,and leer in the preterite except thatthe tú, nosotros, and vosotros formsdo not have accent marks.
¿Destruiste la carta que le mandó Raúl?El incendio destruyó todos los mueblesde la casa.
The preterite of the verbs oír, leer, creer, and destruir
Accent marks to separate diphthongs
Remember that a single syllable called adiphthong occurs when i or u appeartogether or in combination with a, e, or o.Listen to and say these words:
causa valiente oigodestruir muerto hacia
Accent marks to separate diphthongs
We use a written accent when the vowelsthat form what would otherwise be adiphthong need to be pronounced separately.Listen to and say these words:
oí leíste creímossabía país envío
Accent marks to separate diphthongs
RefránExplica lo que quiere decir este refrán.