Verb Tense: Preterite & Imperfect
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Preterite Vs. Imperfect, Rule of Thumb
In this video, you’ll get the big picture, aerial view PLUS a rule of thumb that’ll help you choose correctly between the two Spanish past tenses 90% of the time.
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Preterite Tense, AR Conjugation (Regular)
In this video, we begin the journey that is past tense conjugation. Learning it all together is impossible. It’s best to break it down into small groups and learn one conjugation pattern at a time. Starting with this video, the regular, preterite AR conjugations.
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Preterite Tense, ER/IR Conjugation (Regular)
This video should be watched after the video on regular, preterite AR verbs. If you don’t know the conjugations from that video, this one will be more confusing than it needs to be. But if you do know those conjugations well, this video (regular, preterite er/ir verbs) won’t be hard at all.
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Imperfect Tense, AR Conjugation (Regular)
The past tense in Spanish can be tricky. But if you break it into the smallest parts possible, each individual part, really isn’t that hard. That’s what we’ve been doing, and continue to do in this video. After you know the preterite conjugations, it’s time to learn the imperfect conjugations. Starting with AR verbs.
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Imperfect Tense, ER/IR Conjugation (Regular)
This is the last past tense conjugation video. Watch this week’s video not only to learn imperfect ER/IR conjugation, but also so you can get the most out of the next video, where I’ll show you quotes from Orange is the New Black–how the past tense is used in real life.
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Preterite Vs. Imperfect, Life Lessons
In this video, we use Orange is the New Black quotes to learn when to use the preterite tense and when to use the imperfect tense.
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Preterite Vs. Imperfect, One More Thing
Watch this last video comparing the preterite tense and the imperfect tense. You’ll see quotes from Orange is the New Black to see how to use the two past tenses when things aren’t so clear!
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The Three Enemigos, Past Tense (Ser, Estar, Ir)
The Three Enemigos are so irregular, they often look more like each other, than they do themselves! Fortunately (as with most things) when you take a closer look and focus–they’re not THAT bad. Watch this fun video, to make peace with your enemies.