Chapter 8 Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
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How is the imperfect indicative composed with verbs ending in “a?” How about “e or I?”
A
- ar verbs lose this ending and add first “Aba” and then (beginning with yo) add: nothing, -s, nothing, -mos, -is, or -n.
- er and -ir verbs replace “Aba with ía” but otherwise have the same endings.
2
Q
How do you conjugate the irregular verbs ser, ir and ver using the imperfect indicative?
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Era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran
Iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban
Veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían
3
Q
Entonces
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Then
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Q
Antes
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Before
5
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Ahora
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Now
6
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Actualmente
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At present
7
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Acabar
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To finish
8
Q
Acordarse
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To remember
9
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Portarse
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To behave
10
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Recordar
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To remember/ remind
11
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Aceptar
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To accept
12
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Adquirir
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To acquire
13
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Apoyar
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To support/back up
14
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Aprovechar
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To take advantage of
15
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Comprender
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To understand
16
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Conseguir
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To obtain
17
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Echar
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To throw
18
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Engañar
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To deceive
19
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Mandar
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To send
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Molestar
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To bother
21
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Parecerse
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To resemble
22
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Reír(se)
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To laugh
23
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Anoche
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Last night
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Ayer por la tarde
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Yesterday afternoon
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Anteayer
Day before yesterday
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El Domingo pasado
Last Sunday
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La semana pasada
Last week
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Cada día
Every day
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A veces
Sometimes
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escuchar
listen
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entender
understand
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aprender
learn
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Qué hacías
What were you doing?
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Decir in perfect form
Diji, dijste, and dijo
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Tu vs tú
Your and you
36
Explain the logic behind the imperfect progressive and how it makes sense with the time line of the past. What is the imperfect progressive?
The imperfect progressive is estar (conditions and locations) and makes sense because words such as haber: to speak, in Spanish becomes hablando: speaking. Speaking is in the imperfect form because there is no indication of when the action started or when it will end. Whereas the word "spoken" indicates that the action is over and must be in the preterite form.
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Tenía
Had. Imperfect form of tener: to have.
