Archive for the ‘preterite’ Category
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Is there a website that has conjugates all together that I could print out?
Spanish is my favorite subject. :)
some of my favorites are
www.conjuguemos.com and www.studyspanish.com though I am sure there are many out there.
www.spanishdict.com has an amazing conjugator. But i wouldn't recommend it just to finish your homework. It should ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
i was using one website (www.dictionary.com) but it doesn't have the preterite or imperfect tense.
Go to:
www.google.com/translate
Hope I helped!
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Learn through Lady Gaga and Spanish III students how one might conjugate the past tense with regular verbs.Duration : 0:2:30
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
If given a verb, what are some good ways to tell if it should be preterite versus imperfect?
Preterite is used:
1. For actions that can be viewed as single events
Anoche, ella me besó. Last night, she kissed me. (It happened ONE time)
2. For actions that were repeated a specific number of ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
We used these four short videos in a presentation for a Spanish class on the different uses of the preterite and imperfect. This is an English version. We used the idea of students reading and phones ringing to illustrate the differences of the two past tense forms in ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
This video lesson covers verbs that stem change (o-u) and (e-ie) in the yo, tú, él, ella, usted, ellos, ellas, and ustedes forms in the present but do something a little different in the preterite. It's a little longer than I was hoping but, enjoy!
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Video by Jared Babuschak & Michael Bacani
31 June 2008
MDHSDuration : 0:6:6
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Do native speakers ever get confused on which to use?? Also, lets say I am in some convo in MX or something with a native speaker and I don't know if the thing I am saying takes the preterite or imperfect, rather than interrupt the convo by hesitating, which tense ...
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
This video lesson is a little longer because I decided to lump three irregular verbs together.
The verbs are:
traducir (to translate)
traer (to bring)
conducir (to drive)
These verbs follow the pattern of 'decir' in the preterite.
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Do native speakers ever get confused on which to use?? Also, lets say I am in some convo in MX or something with a native speaker and I don't know if the thing I am saying takes the preterite or imperfect, rather than interrupt the convo by hesitating, which tense ...
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