
SPANISH Verbs – IMPERFECT vs. PRETERITE
11/01/23 • 8 min
One of my subscribers asked me: What’s the difference between the imperfect and the preterite? I’m not sure when to use these two tenses.
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Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.
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One of my subscribers asked me: What’s the difference between the imperfect and the preterite? I’m not sure when to use these two tenses.
Play my FREE Spanish mini-course.
🎧 Listen to my free Spanish audiobooks on Spotify, YouTube & more.
✍️ Get the free transcript on KeRapido.com
SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL
👌 Get every episode 48 hours before any other podcast platform.
SKYROCKET YOUR SPOKEN SPANISH
🚶♂️With my step-by-step Spanish course you will improve super fast.
MY SPANISH VERB COURSE
🧐 Master the Spanish verbs in no time.
BE MY FRIEND
💌 Sign up to get my free exclusive weekly Spanish lessons.
🇪🇸 Visit my Spanish learning website.
FREE PODCAST TRANSCRIPT
✍️ Here are the free transcripts of all the episodes.WHO AM I?
💃🏻 I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker from Madrid (Spain). I’ve taught Spanish for over 5000 hours, and counting. My mission is to make you fluent in Spanish super fast. Creating step-by-step lessons for you is one of the things I love most. 😀
Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.
To find out more about me, visit my website: kerapido.com
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✍️ Here are the free transcripts of all the episodes.WHO AM I?
💃🏻 I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker from Madrid (Spain). I’ve taught Spanish for over 5000 hours, and counting. My mission is to make you fluent in Spanish super fast. Creating step-by-step lessons for you is one of the things I love most. 😀
Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.
To find out more about me, visit my website: kerapido.com
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SKYROCKET YOUR SPOKEN SPANISH
🚶♂️With my step-by-step Spanish course you will improve super fast.
MY SPANISH VERB COURSE
🧐 Master the Spanish verbs in no time.
BE MY FRIEND
💌 Sign up to get my free exclusive weekly Spanish lessons.
🇪🇸 Visit my Spanish learning website.
FREE PODCAST TRANSCRIPT
✍️ Here are the free transcripts of all the episodes.WHO AM I?
💃🏻 I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker from Madrid (Spain). I’ve taught Spanish for over 5000 hours, and counting. My mission is to make you fluent in Spanish super fast. Creating step-by-step lessons for you is one of the things I love most. 😀
Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.
To find out more about me, visit my website: kerapido.com
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