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Compuestos: Pretérito pluscuamperfecto. What had happened
The pluperfect indicative says what had already happened before another past moment. It uses imperfect haber plus a past participle. Overview The…
Past in spanish: Imperfecto. Verbos de estado.
State verbs often use the imperfect because they describe conditions, knowledge, feelings, possession, or wants in the past. They give background instead…
Past in spanish: Imperfecto. Verbos de acción
Only three verbs are truly irregular in the imperfect: ser, ir, and ver. They are common because they describe background, repeated movement,…
Past in spanish: Ser, ir and ver en imperfecto
Ser, ir, and ver are the three everyday irregular verbs in the imperfect. Use them to describe what someone was like, where…
Past in spanish: Imperfecto: iba a + infinitivo
Iba a + infinitive talks about plans, intentions, or expected actions in the past. It is the past version of voy a…
Past in spanish: Imperfect. Verbos regulares
The regular imperfect is used to talk about past habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that used to happen. In Spanish, regular…
Past in spanish: Reflexivos en pretérito
We’ll use still reflexive verbs in the past. Overview This time we will describe actions in the past, but we will use…
past in spanish: Preterito. Verbos regulares.
Let’s use pretérito to express ideas such as I worked yesterday – Yo trabajé ayer. Overview- Preterite regular verbs Cómo y cuándo…