SPANISH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: El Correo, Ibas Of Edessa, Vea
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The imperfect tense focuses on how things used to be and what took place a long time. Use the preterit tense to talk about completed actions in the recent past ago. Used to express habitual or repeated actions in the past, without a focus on completion of a specific action. Nosotros bamos a casa para cenar todos los d as a las seis. We went home to eat everyday at six. Express an action or state that was in progress in the past. All of the guests were talking and dancing. Used to describe characteristics and and conditions in the past. El desfile era muy largo y hab a muchos espectadores. The parade was very long and there were many spectators. Used to tell time in the past. Era la una de la tarde; no eran las dos. It was on in the afternoon; it was not two. Used to express a person"s age in the past.
