Jan 31, 2021 · I just can't seem to understand preterite vs imperfect. How do I apply these tenses?? I am doing VERY poorly on my practice homework in my second semester Spanish class. I just can't …

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Apr 17, 2021 · The Spanish imperfect and preterite represent different temporal aspects for the past tense. They are translated slightly differently in English since Standard English doesn't make this …

Oct 3, 2022 · The article I read on imperfect and preterite stated that siempre is one of those phrases that almost always triggers the imperfect. This depends on the meaning.

Feb 21, 2020 · The preterite/imperfect distinction takes a long time to acquire, and nothing will change that. I'm upper-intermediate, and though I've made a lot of progress in this domain, even I'm still …

Jul 22, 2012 · Preterite vs. Imperfect driving me crazy! I feel like I understand the intended uses of preterite and imperfect, but on the tests/practice tests/book exercises for my spanish class, the way …

Sep 2, 2020 · Would you need to specify the time it happened in order to use preterite for weather? Like, “Ayer llovió por dos horas.” Or is it possible to just say “Llovió ayer,” in order to imply that the action …

Sep 9, 2020 · The imperfect puts you in the middle of the event whereas the preterite does not. Now I do get the difference between those sentences,the imperfect sends an interlocutor to the middle of the …

Aug 12, 2017 · The preterite is used for the short (in duration) past, the imperfect is used for the long past (as has already been mentioned this doesn't always work but it's a reasonable rule of thumb).

Feb 20, 2023 · This doesn't mean you can swap an imperfect for a preterite, or vice versa, in any sentence, and obtain a sensible statement. The expression of an event in the past includes the …