{"id":1448,"date":"2021-05-21T19:03:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T19:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/preterito-e-imperfecto-ii\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:33:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:33:38","slug":"preterito-e-imperfecto-ii","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/preterito-e-imperfecto-ii\/","title":{"raw":"Pret\u00e9rito e Imperfecto II","rendered":"Pret\u00e9rito e Imperfecto II"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Distinguish the use of imperfect for ongoing actions and preterit for interrupting actions in the past.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nDepending on how you combine the preterit and the imperfect together you are expressing a different meaning, because the tenses themselves have different relations to time. In English, these distinctions have to be expressed by means of adverbs or prepositional phrases, but in Spanish the choice of preterit or imperfect expresses not just that the action happened in the past, but also *<strong>how<\/strong>* the action happened.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>A combination of imperfect with imperfect:<\/strong>\r\nWhen you want to convey that two actions were ongoing at the same time in the past, you use the imperfect tense. You will often see the words \"mientras\" (<em>while<\/em>) and \"y\" to show that these actions were in progress simultaneously.\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3222\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/19031919\/11A.3.2-imperfect-imperfect-1024x184.png\" alt=\"graphic representing two simultaneous continuous actions (i.e. verbs in the imperfect) running parallel to a timeline; the lines representing the verb in the imperfect fade out at either end\" width=\"1024\" height=\"184\" \/>\r\nExamples:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/la_banda_tocaba_musica_tradicional_y_mis_tios_se_sentian_nostalgicos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>La banda tocaba m\u00fasica tradicional y mis t\u00edos se sent\u00edan nost\u00e1lgicos. (<em>The band was playing traditional music and my aunt and uncle were feeling nostalgic.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/mis_hermanos_y_yo_tomamos_refrescos_mientras_los_adultos_bebian_champan.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mis hermanos y yo tomamos refrescos mientras los adultos beb\u00edan champ\u00e1n. (<em>My siblings and I had sodas while the adults drank champagne.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>A combination of preterit with preterit:<\/strong>\r\nWhen you want to convey a series of completed actions in the past, you use the preterit tense for each of them. It is very important that the events are stated in order of what happened first.\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3224\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/19032248\/11A.3.2-preterit-preterit-1024x199.png\" alt=\"graphic representing a sequence of discrete actions (i.e. verbs in preterit) as large Xs one after the other on a timeline\" width=\"1024\" height=\"199\" \/>\r\nExamples:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/mi_tia_se_levanto_a_bailar_el_tacon_de_su_zapato_se_rompio_y_ella_se_cayo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mi t\u00eda se levant\u00f3 a bailar, el tac\u00f3n de su zapato se rompi\u00f3 y ella se cay\u00f3. (<em>My aunt got up to dance, the heel of her shoe broke off, and she fell.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/mi_tio_la_salvo_antes_de_tocar_el_piso_la_levanto_y_la_hizo_girar_por_un_momento.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mi t\u00edo la salv\u00f3 antes de tocar el piso, la levant\u00f3 y la hizo girar por un momento. (<em>My uncle caught her before she touched the floor, he lifted her up and twirled her for a moment.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>A combination of imperfect with preterit:<\/strong>\r\nWhen you want to show that an action was in progress when another action began, you use the imperfect for the continuous action and the preterit for the interrupting action.\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3226\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/19032912\/11A.3.2-imperfect-preterit-1024x159.png\" alt=\"graphic representing a continuous action (i.e. verb in imperfect) interrupted by a discrete action (i.e. verb in preterit)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"159\" \/>Examples:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/nuestra_prima_bailaba_con_mi_hermano_cuando_su_novio_llego_a_la_fiesta.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nuestra prima bailaba con mi hermano cuando su novio lleg\u00f3 a la fiesta. (<em>Our cousin was dancing with my brother when her boyfriend arrived at the party.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/el_novio_se_estaba_poniendo_celoso_hasta_que_yo_le_explique_la_situacion.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El novio se estaba poniendo celoso hasta que yo le expliqu\u00e9 la situaci\u00f3n. (<em>The boyfriend was getting jealous until I explained the situation.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Distinguish the use of imperfect for ongoing actions and preterit for interrupting actions in the past.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Depending on how you combine the preterit and the imperfect together you are expressing a different meaning, because the tenses themselves have different relations to time. In English, these distinctions have to be expressed by means of adverbs or prepositional phrases, but in Spanish the choice of preterit or imperfect expresses not just that the action happened in the past, but also *<strong>how<\/strong>* the action happened.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>A combination of imperfect with imperfect:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you want to convey that two actions were ongoing at the same time in the past, you use the imperfect tense. You will often see the words &#8220;mientras&#8221; (<em>while<\/em>) and &#8220;y&#8221; to show that these actions were in progress simultaneously.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3222\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/19031919\/11A.3.2-imperfect-imperfect-1024x184.png\" alt=\"graphic representing two simultaneous continuous actions (i.e. verbs in the imperfect) running parallel to a timeline; the lines representing the verb in the imperfect fade out at either end\" width=\"1024\" height=\"184\" \/><br \/>\nExamples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/la_banda_tocaba_musica_tradicional_y_mis_tios_se_sentian_nostalgicos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>La banda tocaba m\u00fasica tradicional y mis t\u00edos se sent\u00edan nost\u00e1lgicos. (<em>The band was playing traditional music and my aunt and uncle were feeling nostalgic.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/mis_hermanos_y_yo_tomamos_refrescos_mientras_los_adultos_bebian_champan.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mis hermanos y yo tomamos refrescos mientras los adultos beb\u00edan champ\u00e1n. (<em>My siblings and I had sodas while the adults drank champagne.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>A combination of preterit with preterit:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you want to convey a series of completed actions in the past, you use the preterit tense for each of them. It is very important that the events are stated in order of what happened first.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3224\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/19032248\/11A.3.2-preterit-preterit-1024x199.png\" alt=\"graphic representing a sequence of discrete actions (i.e. verbs in preterit) as large Xs one after the other on a timeline\" width=\"1024\" height=\"199\" \/><br \/>\nExamples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/mi_tia_se_levanto_a_bailar_el_tacon_de_su_zapato_se_rompio_y_ella_se_cayo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mi t\u00eda se levant\u00f3 a bailar, el tac\u00f3n de su zapato se rompi\u00f3 y ella se cay\u00f3. (<em>My aunt got up to dance, the heel of her shoe broke off, and she fell.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/mi_tio_la_salvo_antes_de_tocar_el_piso_la_levanto_y_la_hizo_girar_por_un_momento.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mi t\u00edo la salv\u00f3 antes de tocar el piso, la levant\u00f3 y la hizo girar por un momento. (<em>My uncle caught her before she touched the floor, he lifted her up and twirled her for a moment.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>A combination of imperfect with preterit:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you want to show that an action was in progress when another action began, you use the imperfect for the continuous action and the preterit for the interrupting action.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3226\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4946\/2019\/11\/19032912\/11A.3.2-imperfect-preterit-1024x159.png\" alt=\"graphic representing a continuous action (i.e. verb in imperfect) interrupted by a discrete action (i.e. verb in preterit)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"159\" \/>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/nuestra_prima_bailaba_con_mi_hermano_cuando_su_novio_llego_a_la_fiesta.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nuestra prima bailaba con mi hermano cuando su novio lleg\u00f3 a la fiesta. (<em>Our cousin was dancing with my brother when her boyfriend arrived at the party.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U21\/el_novio_se_estaba_poniendo_celoso_hasta_que_yo_le_explique_la_situacion.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El novio se estaba poniendo celoso hasta que yo le expliqu\u00e9 la situaci\u00f3n. (<em>The boyfriend was getting jealous until I explained the situation.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85404,"menu_order":13,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"30bf3ac4-3c18-40f6-b49b-856ef24319cf, 6103792e-3ba9-4a8b-a023-65c703aecdb4","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1448","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1437,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1993,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1448\/revisions\/1993"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1437"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1448\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1448"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1448"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}