i need some help. i have to write a spanish essay about my routine ten years ago. the assignment sheet says to write in the imperfect tense. but, would sentences like "i got up at 7 in the morning, ate breakfast, etc." be in the preterite because aren't those finished events in the past?
thanks in advance.
2007-11-26 09:20:27 · 3 answers · asked by CARLOS 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You have your reasoning right, but it's the imperfect that is used for unfinished/repetitive events in the past. Try putting the words "used to" in the sentence temporarily, if it still makes sense, use the imperfect.
2007-11-26 13:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by salachic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because you're talking about a daily routine, and the imperfect is used for continued or repeated action. So, you would put all the verbs in the imperfect. The preterit would be used if you were saying that you got up one time, like this morning at 7.
2007-11-26 11:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to be like 6 years historical 10 years in the past so... i seem larger now!!! _______ what i feel is humorous is the ones provides that say "it is going to make you seem ten years more youthful!!!" and that i continuously feel "why might i desire to seem six years historical?"
2016-09-05 14:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋