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3 irregular verbs
Thats it! No stem-change, no spelling change, no special form for Tuesdays in July when its raining. 2 sets of endings, 3 irregular verbs. Listos? Vmonos!
AR VERB ENDINGS
DROP THE AR AND ADD:
yo -aba
nosotros --bamos
t --abas
-aban
POR EJEMPLO
nadar viajar
yo nadaba
viajabas
t nadabas
ellos
viajaban
practicar practicaba
nosotros
practicbamos
la forma de nosotros
trabajbamos
Im easily amused.
ER / IR verbs
drop the er / -ir and add:
yo -a nosotros -amos
t as
l ella -a Ud.
-an
POR EJEMPLO
ESCRIBIR HACER
yo escriba
yo
haca
t escribas
ellos
hacan
vean
iban
eran
THE PRETERIT HAS TO DO WITH ACTIONS: WHEN IT STARTED WHEN IT ENDED HOW LONG DID IT LAST THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENED ONCE
DATAWAI made this up in high school; use it if it helps. (Make up your own if it doesnt..)
descriptionphysical, emotional, mentalwhat did something or someone look like Cmo era Lincoln? What was he like? (The question can refer to physical or personality). Era alto, tena pelo negro, tena una barba, era delgado [no era gordo]. Era simptico, inteligente. All of these characteristics [tall, thin, beard, etc.] are descriptions; they didnt happen once and then go away.
datawa
A
AGE Its an on-going category; youre never exactly any one specific age because time keeps moving.
This can apply to a numerical age: Cuando ella tena 15 aos [you remember that you HAVE YEARS en espaol, s?]
or to a category of age/age group Cuando t eras beb nio/nia joven/ms joven adolescente
datawa
T
Time. Like age, it marches on.
datawa
datawa
W WEATHER
When discussing the weather in the past, its always in the imperfect tense.
Last week it was cold and it snowed and there wasnt much sun.
DATAWA
cada
estudiabas mucho?
When youre done, do the en grupos and write 3 activities that you used to do when you were 8 mos. old, 4-5 yrs old and 10 yrs. old.