Exprsate Dos, Gramtica 1, pginas 210211

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Exprésate Dos, Gramática 1, páginas 210-211

• IMPERFECT VERB to talk about the past ,
• what someone used to do/would do, what things
  were like, how things used to be
• -ar
  -er/ir
• -aba -ábamos -ía -íamos
• -abas -abais -ías
  -íais
• -aba -aban -ía
  -ían
• aba / ía

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• IMPERFECT VERB to talk about the past ,
• 1) what someone used to do/would, 2) what
  things were like, 3) how things used to be
• As a child (De niño/a), I lived (used to live) in
  the neighborhood on the outskirts of town.
• De niño, (yo) vivía en un barrio en
  las afueras del pueblo.
• I played (would play) with my neighbors.
  We climbed (would climb) trees.
• (Yo) jugaba con mis vecinos. Trepábamos a los
  árboles. / Subíamos a los árboles.

-ar
-er/ir -aba -ábamos -ía
-íamos -abas -abais -ías
-íais -aba -aban
-ía -ían
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• IMPERFECT VERB to talk about the past ,
• 1) what someone used to do/would, 2) what
  things were like, 3) how things used to be
• I knew a lot about plants and animals.
  I wanted to see the Amazon River.
• (Yo) sabía mucho de las plantas y los animales.
  (Yo) quería ver el Río Amazonas (Amazonas).
• I played hide and seek with my cousins. We also
  built houses with our blocks.
• (Yo) jugaba al escondite con mis primos. También
  (nosotros) construíamos casas con nuestros
  bloques.

-ar
-er/ir -aba -ábamos -ía
-íamos -abas -abais -ías
-íais -aba -aban
-ía -ían
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• IMPERFECT VERB soler infinitive
• someone usually did something
• OR tended to do something
  
• The firemen usually told jokes in the fire
  station when they werent (use the imperfect)
  putting out fires.
• Los bomberos solían contar chistes en la estación
  de bomberos cuando no estaban apagando incendios.
• I usually made my bed, but my brother never made
  his.
• (Yo) solía hacer mi cama, pero mi hermano nunca
  hacía la suya.

-ar
-er/ir -aba -ábamos -ía
-íamos -abas -abais -ías
-íais -aba -aban
-ía -ían
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• EXPRESSIONS OFTEN USED WITH THE IMPERFECT
• muchas veces, a veces, (casi) siempre, todos los
  años
• not a clear picture of how often
• Gregorio almost always got good grades in
  his classes because he dreamed
  about being a teacher.
• Gregorio casi siempre sacaba notas buenas
  en sus clases porque él
  soñaba con ser profesor/maestro.

-ar
-er/ir -aba -ábamos -ía
-íamos -abas -abais -ías
-íais -aba -aban
-ía -ían
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• Traduzcan por favor.
• As a child, I fought (used to fight) a lot with
  my brothers and sisters, but we also shared (used
  to share) toys.
• 1. De pequeño/a, (yo) peleaba mucho con mis
  hermanos, pero también compartíamos los juguetes.
• As children, my parents ran (used to run) races
  and jumped (used to jump) rope.
• 2. De pequeños, mis padres echaban carreras y
  saltaban a la cuerda.

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• Traduzcan por favor.
• 3. As children, Ricardo and Ana got along well
  (used to get along well) when they played (used
  to play) checkers and climbed (use to climb)
  trees.
• 3. De pequeños, Ricardo y Ana se llevaban bien
  cuando jugaban a las damas y trepaban a los
  árboles.
• As children, my friends and I played tricks (used
  to play tricks) and dreamed of being (used to
  dream of being) pirates (change the e?a).
• 4. De pequeños, mis amigos y yo hacíamos
  travesuras y soñábamos con ser piratas.
  

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Exprésate Dos, Gramática 1, páginas 212-213

• IMPERFECT VERB to talk about the past ,
• what someone used to do/would do, what things
  were like, how things used to be
• irregular in the preterite (ir ver)
• ir
  ver
• iba íbamos veía veíamos
• ibas ibais veías
  veíais
• iba iban veía
  veían
• aba / ía

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Exprésate Dos, Gramática 2, páginas 222-223

• use ser in the imperfect when describing what
  someone/something was like in the past
• ser to be

(yo) era
(nosotros) éramos
(tú) eras
(vosotros) erais
(él) era (ella) era (Ud.) era
(ellos) eran (ellas) eran (Uds.) eran
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Exprésate Dos, Gramática 1, páginas 212-213

• IMPERFECT VERB to talk about the past ,
• what someone used to do/would do, what things
  were like, how things used to be
• irregular in the imperfect (ir, ver)
• In the summer we would always go to the park
  to swing. When we would see our friends
  there, we would play tag.
• En el verano siempre íbamos al parque a
  columpiarnos. Cuando veíamos a nuestros amigos,
  jugábamos al pilla-pilla (a la roña).

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• Exprésate Dos, Gramática 1, páginas 214-215
• RECIPROCAL ACTIONS INVOLVES TWO PEOPLE DOING
  THINGS TO OR FOR EACH OTHER
• identical to the reflexive pronouns, but
  have a different
  meaning
• (nosotros/as) nos ayudamos
• (vosotros/as) os ayudáis
• (ustedes) se ayudan
• (ellos, ellas) se ayudan
• we help each other
• all of you help each other (Spain)
• all of you help each other
  (Latin America)
• all of them help each other

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• RECIPROCAL ACTIONS INVOLVES TWO PEOPLE DOING
  THINGS TO OR FOR EACH OTHER
• Reciprocal pronouns have a different meaning with
  the same placement rules as the reflexive
  pronouns.
• We help each other to get good grades.
• Nosotros nos ayudamos a sacar buenas notas.
• Dont fight (with) each other when you
  get angry.
• No se peleen cuando se enojan.
• The twins (gemelos) are always going to get along
  well.
• Los gemelos siempre se van a llevar bien.
• Los gemelos siempre van a llevarse bien.

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• RECIPROCAL ACTIONS INVOLVES TWO PEOPLE DOING
  THINGS TO OR FOR EACH OTHER
• Context will make clear when an action is
  reciprocal or reflexive.
• 1) Nos vimos en el espejo (mirror).
• Nos vimos en el centro comercial.
• Which one is reflexive? Which one is reciprocal?
  Why?
• REFLEXIVE 1) We saw ourselves in the mirror.
• RECIPROCAL 2) We saw each other in the mall.

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2
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• RECIPROCAL ACTIONS INVOLVES TWO PEOPLE DOING
  THINGS TO OR FOR EACH OTHER
• some verbs commonly used to express reciprocal
  actions
• abrazar to hug
• abrazarse to hug each other
• querer to love
• quererse to love each other
• respetar to respect
• respetarse to respect each other
• contar chistes to tell jokes
• contarse chistes/cuentos to tell jokes/stories
• 
  to each other

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• RECIPROCAL ACTIONS INVOLVES TWO PEOPLE DOING
  THINGS TO OR FOR EACH OTHER
• some verbs commonly used to express reciprocal
  actions
• The funny face hugs the stuffed
  animal.
• La cara cómica abraza el animal de
  peluche.
• The young people hug each other often
  when they are happy.
  
• Los jóvenes se abrazan a menudo
  cuando están
  contentos.

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• RECIPROCAL ACTIONS INVOLVES TWO PEOPLE DOING
  THINGS TO OR FOR EACH OTHER
• POR FAVOR TRADUZCAN!
• The funny face loves himself a
  lot.
• La cara cómica se quiere mucho.
• The young people love each other very much,
  so they are going to get married (casarse to
  get married).
• Los jóvenes se quieren mucho, por eso se
  van van a casar.
  
  Los jóvenes
  se quieren mucho, por eso van
  a casarse.

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Gramática 1--Traduzcan!

• Last summer we used to play tricks on each other
  sometimes when we shared (used to share) our
  dolls with each other.
• 1. El verano pasado (nosotros) nos hacíamos
  travesuras a veces cuando nos compartíamos
  nuestras muñecas.
• My best friend and I always bothered the
  neighbors because we fought with blocks and with
  cars.
• 2. Mi mejor amigo y yo siempre les fastidiábamos
  a los vecinos porque nos peleábamos con bloques y
  con carritos.