I speak passable Spanish at work so they make me do all the bilingual calls. I struggle with this all the time and feel embarrassed. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the video; I've never heard of those acronyms. I liked the questions you mentioned. What helped me was when my Spanish 3 teacher in high school (many years ago) mentioned that the imperfect is like a movie reel giving background info and the preterite is like photo snapshots. The preterite contains actions that move the story forward and the imperfect is everything else in the background that gives context to the scene. I still need practice more but I try to keep these things in mind! 🙂
2 года назад+22
I loooove that visual what a cool way to put that!! Shout out to your teacher! Thanks for sharing.
Preterite is like a picture. Imperfect is like a video. Both happened in the past but one is something that happened (picture) and the other is something that you can see happening (video).
I laughed so hard at the beginning of the video cause I m studying spanish by myself at home I started 2 Months ago and that s exactly how I sound when trying to be brave and talk to my Dance teacher from Venezuela in Spanish haha 🥺🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙈 but it ll get better in time I guess 🤣
I have a recommendation for those who are struggling with the past in spanish. I bought a book that has been helping me better understand the concepts why the different past tenses are used. The book is called "Perfecting the PAST in Spanish". The authors are Gordon Smith Duran and Cynthia Smith Duran. It gives breakdowns on why Spanish speakers use certain tenses at certain times while speaking. Thanks billingüe blogs. Te lo agradezco este video. Me ayuda mucho. Gracias
2 года назад+7
Thanks for contributing to the video with your great comment. Espero que la gente lo vea de verdad porque el libro suena muy útil
Yeah Gordon and Cynthia from LightSpeed Spanish? I've seen their videos. Ricky is better but also, you're right. It is good to hear it from many different sources.
Got this book off your recommendation and I just wanted to comment to say thanks! That book plus this video definitely came in clutch for understanding the Spanish past then I've been using the children's books idea and speaking to natives to really reinforce the idea of which to use when.
"Mi finde fue stuve taba" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣The beginning is me when I m trying to be brave and talk to my latin american dance teachers in Spanish 🤣🤣🤣 It will only get better in time if I keep studying haha Great video,thank you!!
Preterite tense for events that move the story on - he did this, we did that, this happened Imperfect tense for background context - it was cold, we were walking
Great video! What helped me remember: preterite is talking about a specific event that happened. Imperfect is talking about something that happened over a period of time. "My mom made me breakfast yesterday." Vs. "My mom always made me breakfast when I was a child."
I speak conversational Spanish well now; I have survived with only Spanish in Mexico. But I haven't been speaking it and practicing (8 months) so I'm forgetting grammar and simple things that I used to be sure about. Now it's time to rebuild that foundation and make sure it's solid. Thank you for your videos bc they are super helpful!
I could always use a reminder about this and this was so timely. I'm living in Spain and I haven't mastered it completely but I know enough about the differences. You're right, it's not enough just to know. The application is what helps and there's nothing like living in Spain and having to show and prove lol. For me, the best advice or note that has helped me is that the preterite refers to an action that started and stopped, it's not a continuous action. Imperfect is more about background, past actions that were ongoing. Or basically, again for me, if the rule for the preterite doesn't make sense to apply, it's automatically the imperfect. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for this video! Much love from London 🙏 I've been working on Mastering the past tense - intentionally - for the past two months and I've come a LONG way! I'm now (thank God) an advanced speaker and my method for propelling me has truly been reading (not out loud, but like in my mind like I would with an English book) and committed to that daily. The main objective here is to experience how the language is used in real life context. There is sooooo much power in reading that I've only had a deeper realisation on in the past few months and it's been a game changer. I've realised that for my level - a desire to teach and deliver content in Spanish (essentially, really master the language), I need a huge amount of input and passive listening is not enough. Why? Because when we're reading we actually have to be engaged with the material vs passively letting the knowledge go over our heads. By the way, I also listening to a lot in Spanish so there's nothing wrong with passive listening, my point here is just on the power of reading for active acquisition. As I'm reading, baring in mind that I'm alot more advanced in my journey now, I no longer obsess over what something may mean. I will typically read with the aim of finishing vs trying to understand every detail. I now read to understand the general gist. And where needed, I will go back and read a paragraph or a chapter. The more disciplined I've been with reading for 15-30 minutes daily for the past few months, I actually find that I no longer have to re-read as much. I just keep going. In the instance that I don't understand a word and I've seen a few times, I don't take the easy route and Google the English word, I let me mind try to figure it out (given that it keeps appearing in different contexts). Afterwards, I then guess what I think it means... THEN I'll often Google "the word significado" i.e. "querer significado". Google gives me the definition.. then if I've understood it, great! If not, I'll either keep pushing with the reading or (rarely) I will search the English definition. The moral here is really just putting the brain to work because it's really here to help us 😁 The resources I'm using to support me on this journey (because I need it to be relevant for me and my lifestyle) are the Bible (I use the NTV Study Bible) and 'Lupa App' which is incredible. The result of me commiting to this has done wonders in my Spanish conversations and I'm not making anywhere near as many mistakes. I hope this blesses someone and feel free to ask any questions and I'm happy to contribute some more 😊
Super helpful video, thank you! 🔥 After 2 years of learning Spanish, I feel pretty comfortable speaking, however these tenses always get the best of me 😂
Time to take some notes! Thank you so much, this was the simplest explanation and guide to remembering the different tenses ( I've read many grammar books and had a tutor) no one has explained this as well.I am also learning French, so this video will also help. 👍❤️
I honestly learned it by not really trying to learn preterite and imperfect.... acquired it by lots of audio...and once you know the endings to stuff...you can navigate all day long...juego , juegó, juegue, jugar, jugando, jugaba, hablo vs habló , hablé, hablaba etc ... What I struggle with is sometimes future tense... For some reason I don't absorb it as easily as the other ones... Hablaré, hablaría hablarías, hablariamos, etc Well, I guess I did somewhat lol 😂 but yeah jajaja
I am a spanish/ English speaker learning Rusian...tell me about it, how hard it is to learn a different language...felicidades y gracias por enseñar español
This is the year I tackled the past tense and omg its been a struggle. I just cant seem to remember which is which when I need to use them... Thanks for this way of thinking about it... I need to write it down, I like the idea of reading and pulling out the past tense words and observing it in the sentence as well as the writing idea. I like to write things down as a way of studying.
2 года назад
Yes try this out and let me know what you think after! I'm a writer too!
This is the fourth video on distinguishing preterite from imperfect that I’ve watched and only now I get it! Omg! Thank you so much! Also, the children’s book method sounds so helpful
I've been struggling with this for soooo long and just discovered your channel. Your explanation is really helping me to finally get my head around the concept of it all. Thanks lots, as I was about to give up! Not now though! 🎉 ❤🇪🇸
¡Muchísimas gracias por el video! Soy una maestra de español 4 y ahorita mis estudiantes están repasando el pretérito y el imperfecto con cuentos cortos. No he oído del sitio que mencionaste. Muchísimas gracias para el recurso.
Thank you for your video. I like the questions to help decide what tense to use. Your video also helps me to understand the chapters I am reading in my text book.
Because preterite and imperfect are two different past tenses (simple and compound respectively), that affects the meanings of a few verbs in the preterite tense which are the following: saber (to know facts)-found out conocer (to know as in have a connection with)-met querer (to want or love) when preceded by a negative (maybe only “no”)-refused
sick fade bro, youre rockin those braids, you just get back from the barber shop? Ademas, en este video nos diste el mejor consejo sobre el preterito y cuando se usa. Llevo muchos aNos estudiando espaNol y nunca he oido un aviso mas facil sobre el preterito. Muchas gracias!
I find that every verb in the past could be reworded to sound like preterite or imperfect. For example They were living in the forest Could be worded as They lived in the forest Is that continuing or is it implied that they don’t live there anymore?
Do you have any tips on not translating english to spanish in my head? I can write in Spanish but when it comes to speaking I'm not confident at all. Also, I personally don't live around other Spanish speakers/know any other Spanish speakers too (also the only one learning it en mi familia)
Hey man quick question, I’ve been having trouble understanding the word Apenas. I saw on the book it said “Apenas tenían de comer” which means they barely ate. But could it also mean “just”? Like “apenas llegó Raúl” would that mean Raúl barely arrived or could that mean he just arrived?
What do you do to learn Spanish good?. Why i ask this question I'm a high school student who is using her summer time to practice and learn the language i ask a teacher if he meet a spainsh native will he be able to speak with him he said no only basic conversation and i was like ur a teacher yet that's what you can do ur native language is English so how would u advice me the best way to learn all the tenses?. I just discovered them when i bought ( compré ) un a dictionary to help me to study.
Ah...los video con calidad así son difícil esconder. La tema de preterite y imperfecto estuvieron algo que me molestaban...pero ya no más- te tengo a ti :-)
He has some great full-length videos about this for sure. If I go look at his playlists right now I'll lose track of your comment but if I remember right he's got some solid playlists that should help you with some really good advice
Ns porqué yt me recomendó este video si soy de España y hablo español sjsljajajaja pero lo poco q he visto del video me parece que ha estado muy bien explicado jaksks esto me hace darme cuneta de q el español es muy difícil jskajs
I speak passable Spanish at work so they make me do all the bilingual calls. I struggle with this all the time and feel embarrassed. Thank you so much.
This is very timely, as this is something I’ve been struggling with in Spanish
Thanks for the video; I've never heard of those acronyms. I liked the questions you mentioned. What helped me was when my Spanish 3 teacher in high school (many years ago) mentioned that the imperfect is like a movie reel giving background info and the preterite is like photo snapshots. The preterite contains actions that move the story forward and the imperfect is everything else in the background that gives context to the scene. I still need practice more but I try to keep these things in mind! 🙂
I loooove that visual what a cool way to put that!! Shout out to your teacher! Thanks for sharing.
I love this, thanks for sharing.
This is a dope way to think of it... Thanks for sharing
Preterite is like a picture. Imperfect is like a video. Both happened in the past but one is something that happened (picture) and the other is something that you can see happening (video).
“fue-stuve-taba” 😂😂💀💀💀💀
I laughed so hard at the beginning of the video cause I m studying spanish by myself at home I started 2 Months ago and that s exactly how I sound when trying to be brave and talk to my Dance teacher from Venezuela in Spanish haha 🥺🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙈 but it ll get better in time I guess 🤣
I have a recommendation for those who are struggling with the past in spanish. I bought a book that has been helping me better understand the concepts why the different past tenses are used. The book is called "Perfecting the PAST in Spanish". The authors are Gordon Smith Duran and Cynthia Smith Duran. It gives breakdowns on why Spanish speakers use certain tenses at certain times while speaking.
Thanks billingüe blogs. Te lo agradezco este video. Me ayuda mucho. Gracias
Thanks for contributing to the video with your great comment. Espero que la gente lo vea de verdad porque el libro suena muy útil
Yeah Gordon and Cynthia from LightSpeed Spanish? I've seen their videos. Ricky is better but also, you're right. It is good to hear it from many different sources.
Got this book off your recommendation and I just wanted to comment to say thanks! That book plus this video definitely came in clutch for understanding the Spanish past then I've been using the children's books idea and speaking to natives to really reinforce the idea of which to use when.
@@Giovanni-yu6fq Awesome! Glad I could help
Thanks for this recommendation. I immediately got the book on kindle. I can’t wait to start reading it
"Mi finde fue stuve taba" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣The beginning is me when I m trying to be brave and talk to my latin american dance teachers in Spanish 🤣🤣🤣
It will only get better in time if I keep studying haha
Great video,thank you!!
Fueestuvaba! Dude had me rolling.
Preterite tense for events that move the story on - he did this, we did that, this happened
Imperfect tense for background context - it was cold, we were walking
Great video! What helped me remember: preterite is talking about a specific event that happened. Imperfect is talking about something that happened over a period of time. "My mom made me breakfast yesterday." Vs. "My mom always made me breakfast when I was a child."
I speak conversational Spanish well now; I have survived with only Spanish in Mexico. But I haven't been speaking it and practicing (8 months) so I'm forgetting grammar and simple things that I used to be sure about. Now it's time to rebuild that foundation and make sure it's solid. Thank you for your videos bc they are super helpful!
I could always use a reminder about this and this was so timely. I'm living in Spain and I haven't mastered it completely but I know enough about the differences. You're right, it's not enough just to know. The application is what helps and there's nothing like living in Spain and having to show and prove lol. For me, the best advice or note that has helped me is that the preterite refers to an action that started and stopped, it's not a continuous action. Imperfect is more about background, past actions that were ongoing. Or basically, again for me, if the rule for the preterite doesn't make sense to apply, it's automatically the imperfect. Thanks for the video!
Ví este Tik tok ayer y yo casi morí de vergüenza pq sentí como el gringo pues ahora me muero de ganas para ver este video. Saludos de españa! 😊
Puedes hacerlo. Cómo dije hay ver experimentarlo y entenderás eventualmente!
“Fuestuveaba” lmao. That Cracked me up.
Been studying Spanish for quite a while my brother, and you just made a topic that stressed me THEE hell out some days, super simple. Many thanks! ✊🏾
Me being a German this video helped me to improve my English past tense grammar haha
Thank you!! I needed this before my finals. It's so hard to distinguish when to use imperfecto and preterite. Gracias 👏🏽
I wish I had this a few night ago. Just took my Spanish final on Tuesday and this is the only thing I struggled with.
@@bstarkey317 i hope you get the best grades 💜
@@sss1969 Thank You!!! Fortunately I got a 90% on my final and a 100% on my oral exam!!! 🎉🎉🎉
@@bstarkey317 OMG HAPPY TO HEAR THAT 💜💜💜💜 u deserve it :) 🧁
I really enjoy the one-man cast of characters. Very cool. :)
This is actually one of the simplest explanations I have heard. Nice.
Thank you for this video! Much love from London 🙏
I've been working on Mastering the past tense - intentionally - for the past two months and I've come a LONG way! I'm now (thank God) an advanced speaker and my method for propelling me has truly been reading (not out loud, but like in my mind like I would with an English book) and committed to that daily.
The main objective here is to experience how the language is used in real life context.
There is sooooo much power in reading that I've only had a deeper realisation on in the past few months and it's been a game changer.
I've realised that for my level - a desire to teach and deliver content in Spanish (essentially, really master the language), I need a huge amount of input and passive listening is not enough.
Why?
Because when we're reading we actually have to be engaged with the material vs passively letting the knowledge go over our heads. By the way, I also listening to a lot in Spanish so there's nothing wrong with passive listening, my point here is just on the power of reading for active acquisition.
As I'm reading, baring in mind that I'm alot more advanced in my journey now, I no longer obsess over what something may mean. I will typically read with the aim of finishing vs trying to understand every detail. I now read to understand the general gist. And where needed, I will go back and read a paragraph or a chapter. The more disciplined I've been with reading for 15-30 minutes daily for the past few months, I actually find that I no longer have to re-read as much. I just keep going.
In the instance that I don't understand a word and I've seen a few times, I don't take the easy route and Google the English word, I let me mind try to figure it out (given that it keeps appearing in different contexts). Afterwards, I then guess what I think it means... THEN I'll often Google "the word significado" i.e. "querer significado". Google gives me the definition.. then if I've understood it, great! If not, I'll either keep pushing with the reading or (rarely) I will search the English definition. The moral here is really just putting the brain to work because it's really here to help us 😁
The resources I'm using to support me on this journey (because I need it to be relevant for me and my lifestyle) are the Bible (I use the NTV Study Bible) and 'Lupa App' which is incredible.
The result of me commiting to this has done wonders in my Spanish conversations and I'm not making anywhere near as many mistakes.
I hope this blesses someone and feel free to ask any questions and I'm happy to contribute some more 😊
That intro was everything! 😆😆😆 I like your suggestion of using children’s books to see the application. Thank you!
OMG! If this wasn't me in your video, LOL! Era, Fue, Estuve, Estaba, Oh my! Thank you so much and I'm learning a LOT from your videos.
Super helpful video, thank you! 🔥 After 2 years of learning Spanish, I feel pretty comfortable speaking, however these tenses always get the best of me 😂
The question forms you put for preterite vs imperfect is great
Yo the glow up from your old videos is incredible XD.
Haha thanks!! It's a lot like learning spanish. You start where you are and you get better with time. 😁
This just made el pretérito and el imperfecto click for me. I never got it until just now. Thank you so much!
Time to take some notes! Thank you so much, this was the simplest explanation and guide to remembering the different tenses ( I've read many grammar books and had a tutor) no one has explained this as well.I am also learning French, so this video will also help. 👍❤️
Nice, I'm gonna carry this lesson over to brazilian português
I honestly learned it by not really trying to learn preterite and imperfect.... acquired it by lots of audio...and once you know the endings to stuff...you can navigate all day long...juego , juegó, juegue, jugar, jugando, jugaba, hablo vs habló , hablé, hablaba etc ... What I struggle with is sometimes future tense... For some reason I don't absorb it as easily as the other ones... Hablaré, hablaría hablarías, hablariamos, etc
Well, I guess I did somewhat lol 😂 but yeah jajaja
Some people say that the future tense is the easiest one to learn because it doesn't drop the ending.
I am a spanish/ English speaker learning Rusian...tell me about it, how hard it is to learn a different language...felicidades y gracias por enseñar español
This is the year I tackled the past tense and omg its been a struggle. I just cant seem to remember which is which when I need to use them... Thanks for this way of thinking about it... I need to write it down, I like the idea of reading and pulling out the past tense words and observing it in the sentence as well as the writing idea. I like to write things down as a way of studying.
Yes try this out and let me know what you think after! I'm a writer too!
Been learning for YEARS n still get nervous especially between ser y estar combined with imperfect and preterite
That skit in the beginning 😂 Thank you for the info!
This is the fourth video on distinguishing preterite from imperfect that I’ve watched and only now I get it! Omg! Thank you so much! Also, the children’s book method sounds so helpful
Gracias, tengo un examen en la clase de español mañana.
The beginning was too funny!!😂
🤣😂🤣😂
I've been struggling with this for soooo long and just discovered your channel. Your explanation is really helping me to finally get my head around the concept of it all. Thanks lots, as I was about to give up! Not now though! 🎉 ❤🇪🇸
The opening skit is literally me XD
Preterit is like picture, imperfect like a movie. In fact "upon once a time" in Spanish is érase que se era (imperfect)
Muchas gracias profesor! Me ayudó mucho ❤
I’ve never heard such methods before
This video was super helpful. Gracias! 🙏🏾
This was great, the way i remember it is an event vs somethin that was happening
¡Muchísimas gracias por el video! Soy una maestra de español 4 y ahorita mis estudiantes están repasando el pretérito y el imperfecto con cuentos cortos. No he oído del sitio que mencionaste. Muchísimas gracias para el recurso.
Thank you for your video. I like the questions to help decide what tense to use. Your video also helps me to understand the chapters I am reading in my text book.
Oh the struggle😂 Thank you so much for this!
Great job. I would like to speak English as well as you speak Spanish (Alex from Spain).
Because preterite and imperfect are two different past tenses (simple and compound respectively), that affects the meanings of a few verbs in the preterite tense which are the following:
saber (to know facts)-found out
conocer (to know as in have a connection with)-met
querer (to want or love) when preceded by a negative (maybe only “no”)-refused
✨🌲🎄✨AWESOME 🤩 TEACHER 👨🏽🏫 LO AGRADEZCO ✨🎄🌲✨ Gracias 🤩
“If you can measure it…Preterite!”
¡Me acabo de suscribir! Usted, señor, es el mejor maestro y estoy agradecido de haberlo encontrado.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Such a great way to learn. ¡Gracias!
5 seconds in and I'm feeling personally attacked 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Spanish got me feeling like I don’t know what a verb is. Gracias por tus videos.
Muchas Gracias
sick fade bro, youre rockin those braids, you just get back from the barber shop? Ademas, en este video nos diste el mejor consejo sobre el preterito y cuando se usa. Llevo muchos aNos estudiando espaNol y nunca he oido un aviso mas facil sobre el preterito. Muchas gracias!
Loved this explanation! Thanks 😊
Why do I feel like this skit was based off my Spanish bwaaah 🤣 "fuestuvaba" bien 🤭
thank u sir!
Application helped me!
A ver tengo mi libro de gramático con mis apuntes y me ayudaste en un segundo 😩
Oyeeee mi looco that sweater is straight fireeeee !!
Excellent vid
gracias por el video. me ayudas mucho.
Eres un genioooo te lo juro
Great video brother 💪🏽
Love your videos
Rickie bless you for another gem for RUclips.
Best christmas gift Thank you!
I find that every verb in the past could be reworded to sound like preterite or imperfect. For example
They were living in the forest
Could be worded as
They lived in the forest
Is that continuing or is it implied that they don’t live there anymore?
Esta lección es oro!
Gracias!!
fue stuve taba 🤣🤣🤣. Now, that makes sense!!
Los intros siempre me matan 😂😂😂😂😂
this is awesome
O man that beginning was funny as he'll
Do you have any tips on not translating english to spanish in my head? I can write in Spanish but when it comes to speaking I'm not confident at all. Also, I personally don't live around other Spanish speakers/know any other Spanish speakers too (also the only one learning it en mi familia)
Check out Ricky other videos. He has video on this, i can't remember the exact title but i did watch it
@@Red-gy9gx okay thank you :)
Practice speaking more. Talk with natives on the internet (get a tutor or find a language partner on an app) and talk alone.
Definitely using "fue-stuve-estaba" from now on 😅
It would make life soooo much easier! Lol
Gracias 👐
Exellent Video
Hey man quick question, I’ve been having trouble understanding the word Apenas. I saw on the book it said “Apenas tenían de comer” which means they barely ate. But could it also mean “just”? Like “apenas llegó Raúl” would that mean Raúl barely arrived or could that mean he just arrived?
Yes, apenas means just as well. 😊
What do you do to learn Spanish good?. Why i ask this question I'm a high school student who is using her summer time to practice and learn the language i ask a teacher if he meet a spainsh native will he be able to speak with him he said no only basic conversation and i was like ur a teacher yet that's what you can do ur native language is English so how would u advice me the best way to learn all the tenses?. I just discovered them when i bought ( compré ) un a dictionary to help me to study.
If you could find a native Spanish speaker to practice with, your Spanish would improve tremendously.That's the best way to learn fast.
Oh my gosh, that's how I sound when I speak Spanish? Lmao
Ah...los video con calidad así son difícil esconder. La tema de preterite y imperfecto estuvieron algo que me molestaban...pero ya no más- te tengo a ti :-)
Wow treasure video
Gracias a Dios! Thanks for watching my content!
you see idk how but i almost always guess it right but if i question myself for a second then i have no clue and i need to think through a checklist
can u recommend me best ways to learn spanish ?
He has some great full-length videos about this for sure. If I go look at his playlists right now I'll lose track of your comment but if I remember right he's got some solid playlists that should help you with some really good advice
Is preterite the same as simple past?
Mi fin de fue...estuveee..eestaba.. 🤣🤣🤣
Ns porqué yt me recomendó este video si soy de España y hablo español sjsljajajaja
pero lo poco q he visto del video me parece que ha estado muy bien explicado jaksks
esto me hace darme cuneta de q el español es muy difícil jskajs
Love u 🤣🤣💌
What? You teach a course? SIGN ME UP AMIGO
Éstas bien 1:45
I have hard time memorization of Imperfect vs Preterite
Great video. Get this down and you’ll be in great shape. Don’t tell them about the subjunctive though, it will crush their confidence, lol.
I'm a native speaker but still watching this
same
I’ve been learning Spanish for 3 years on and off and I’m not where I be should be :(
el próximo video “learning Puerto Rican Spanish with Anuel AA”???
that's me in the intro :(
Look up iuic
Muchas gracias pero klk con soliar.... ex Solía comer con las manos
Soler* se puede user todavía 👌🏾😁