Imperfect Tenses On Flowvella

1. Imperfect Tenses On Flowvellan

The Imperfect is often called the Descriptive Past Tense because we 'describe or set scenes' using the Imperfect Tense. The Imperfect handles three different Past tense constructions in English: I studied at Ohlone College.

Getting to know the Spanish verbs can drive you round the bend. First, there are all the endings you have to master. Then, the irregular verbs that don’t follow any of the rules you’ve just learned. And then there are what feels like a myriad tenses, all of which you need to crack from day one. SEE ALSO: When my students come to me feeling like the Spanish verbs are ruling their existence, I remind them of my golden hack. You see, I love finding learning hacks. Little tricks that save me huge amounts of time and effort, and keep up my motivation.

Imperfect Tenses On Flowvellan

I came up with this one when I was learning the French and German verbs. Like all great hacks, it’s really neat and simple. Learn the easiest and most frequently used tenses first. Get comfortable using them.

And then tackle the more difficult ones. One at a time. Going through the Spanish tenses that way will boost your motivation. And it will help you feel you’re making constant progress. Why is that so essential?

Because the faster your progress, the more energy you’ll have to learn other, more difficult tenses. That’s why, on my list of when to learn the Spanish verbs and tenses, the imperfect is near the top. The Spanish imperfect tense has some of the easiest endings. And there are a few fairly painless rules that’ll help you use it correctly. In today’s lesson, I’m going to focus on those rules. In other lessons, we’ll go through how to build the different forms of the imperfect tense.