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Preterite Usage
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SIngle time completed events in the past.
(what someone DID or DIDNT do) The begining or end of an event. At 11, it began to rain Actions that interupt other actions when tomas entered the room often associated with time expressions ayer, anteayer, una vez, el mes pasado |
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Imperfect Usage
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Habitual or ongoing actions in the past
every year we used to, we would always Background information that sets the stage for preterite actions The night of the party... Interupted events (while, were) Time expressions such as todos los dias, cada semana, siempre, |
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llorar
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to cry
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disfrazarse
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to disguise yourself
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asustarse
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to be scared
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hacer un brindis
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to make a toast
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gritar
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to shout
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dar/ hacer una fiesta
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to give a party
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pasarlo bien/mal
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to have a good/ bad time
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olvidar
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to forget
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ponerse
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to become to get
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portarse bien/ mal
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to behave well or bad
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reaccionar
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reaction
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recordar
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to recal
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reunires con
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to get together with
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el dia feriado
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holiday
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felicitaciones
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congratulatons
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avergonzado
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embarrased
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molesto/a
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annoyed
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el dia day la raza
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columbus day
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la pascua
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easter/ passover
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la noche vieja
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new years eve
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la nochebuena
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christmas eve
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Imperfect AR verbs
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aba
abas aba abamos aban |
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IMperfect IR and ER verbs
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ia
ias ia ian |
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Imperfect IR (to go)
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iba
ibas iba ibamos iban |
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imperfect Ser (to be) (was)
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era
eras era eramos eran |
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Imperfect Ver (to see(
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veia
veias veia veiamos veian |
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Adonde?
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where to?
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adonde vas
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where are you going?
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donde
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where?
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do'nde esta el centro del pueblo?
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Where is the center of town?
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de donde?
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where from
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De donde eres tu?
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where are you from?
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Co'mo
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to ask what a person on thing is like or how it is done
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A que hora?
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what time is somehing at
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cuando
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when is something
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Cuanto?
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how much is something
how many of something |
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Cua'ntos Cuantas
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How many?
preceeding a noun it must agree in number and gender. |
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quie'n / quie'nes
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who or whose
asking about a person or persons |
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De quie'n / es
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who or whose possession
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Por que'
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why
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para que'
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what for
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que
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what
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cual
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which
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correr las olas
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surfing
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pescar
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fishing
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hacer camping
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camping
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caminar por las montanas
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hiking
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hacer una parrillada
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bbq
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tomar el sol
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tan
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hacer esnorquel
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snorkel
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pasear en velero
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sailboating
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bucear
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scuba dive
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el lago
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lake
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algo
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something, anything
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alguien
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somebody anybody
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algu'n alguno(a)
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some, any
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siempre
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always
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tambien
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also
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o... o
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either / or
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nada
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nothing
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nadie
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nobody/ no one
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ningu'n/ ninguno (a)
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none/ not any
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nunca
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never
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tampoco
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niether, not either
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hace + period of time + que + present tense verb
hace sies anos que vivo en chile. |
how long something has been and still is going on
it makes 6 years taht i have lived in chile |
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hace + perod of time + que + preterite
hace un ano que se mudaron |
how long ago something occured
it makes one year since they moved. |
