Learn Spanish with Spanishpod101.com! We’ve had a changing of the guard here at Spanishpod101.com. Help us welcome Dylan as she teams up with Carlos for the Verb Conjugation series. In today’s lesson, they discuss the Preterit Tense when talking about actions that took place prior to the present moment. Learn how to say something happened yesterday, don’t get stuck in the present! Take advantage of our summer promotion with 25% off our basic and premium subscriptions!
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3 Responses to “Verb Conjugation Series #16 - Preterit Tense - Actions Prior to Now”
June 24th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Thanks to Kevin Macleod for the music in today’s lesson.
Does anyone want to venture a guess about the main difference between the preterit tense and the imperfect past tense? Both are used to talk about past actions, but each tense applies to certain circumstances…
July 1st, 2008 at 5:31 am
Love, Peace and Spanish! LOL! Don’t worry Carlos, some of your faithful listeners out here get it! And I don’t why Dylan didn’t let you finish your story!
As for the question, in a nutshell the Preterite refers to actions that have a definate start and end point in time. The imperfect refers to actions that don’t have an identifiable start and end time.
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Category: Verb Conjugation Series |
Grammar: preterit tense | Function: expressing a past action | Topic: past actions | Politeness Level: didactic
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