Learn Spanish with Spanishpod101.com! Want to express your anticipation for this upcoming lesson? Then this is the place for you! Join Dylan and Carlos as they continue their discussion of the preterit tense, but this time in expressing mental anticipation. Along with a look at the verbs Dar (to give), Ser (to be), Ir (to go), and venir (to come), this lesson also has a bonus paradigm track for premium members. That’s right, a bonus for only premium members. Take the hint and try a premium membership on us for 7 days free. Come on, you know you want to!
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Thanks to Kevin Macleod for the music in today’s lesson.
Wow, who would have thought we could use the preterit tense to talk about mental anticipation of future events?!?
*Remember that the preterit tense conjugations for “ser” and “ir” are the same, and the meaning is determined by the context*
Category: Verb Conjugation Series |
Grammar: preterit tense | Function: expressing anticipation | Topic: meaning | Politeness Level: didactic
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