Coffee Break Spanish CBS 2.37 | Review of tenses
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Apr 5, 2011 Join María-José as she nostalgically recounts her childhood holidays in the beautiful Canary Islands, particularly Tenerife. Hear fascinating tales filled with imperfect tense verbs while exploring local vocabulary gems like 'guagua.' The hosts dive into the intricacies of the imperfect tense, including its irregular forms and usage, alongside discussions on habitual actions using 'soler.' They also touch on regional pronunciations and the intriguing word 'sino.' It's a delightful mix of language learning and cultural insights!
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Childhood Holidays In Tenerife
- María-José recounts childhood holidays in Tenerife visiting her aunt in Los Cristianos each August.
- She says they always went to the beach, ate in restaurants and went out every night.
Imperfect Endings For Habitual Actions
- The imperfect uses -aba for -ar verbs and -ía for -er/-ir verbs to describe habitual past actions.
- Examples: cenaba (I used to dine) and salía (I used to go out).
Irregular Imperfect Verbs
- Only three verbs are irregular in the imperfect: ir, ser and ver.
- Their forms are iba/ibas..., era/eras..., and veía/veías... respectively.