02 Spanish Lesson - preterite vs imperfect (part 1)

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Hola. In this video lesson we'll start tackling the confusion that often arises with two past tenses: the preterite and the imperfect. Stay tuned for the next video which will also deal with the preterite and the imperfect.

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[MCHotShots]

Hey Bro, Nice video, but I can not find the word bank in order to actually answer the questions in the video. If you could please reply that we would be awesome. Thank You for uploading el video.

[tontitofrito]

@MCHotShots

in the info I explain that the wordbank can be found with the video at senorjordan(dot)com

[bennemann]

@tontitofrito

"e hizo del baño en sus pantalones". This phrase strikes me as odd. "Hizo" is one of the preterite forms of "hacer" (to make). So rather than "went to the bathroom in his pants", I understand the phrase as "made a bathroom out of his pants" or something to that effect. Is this correct?

Thanks alot for your videos, they have been helping me a bunch.

[tontitofrito]

@bennemann

There are other ways to say it. That's one way to say it. Please keep in mind that each language has it's own way of saying things that might not directly translate in other languages.

[LogicStance]

Please don't take offense to this, but did you come out at some point in between your first video and this video?

[tontitofrito]

@LogicStance

 Actually, I got married to a beautiful woman.

[euraznbarbie]

OMG THANK U SOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!! I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO DO THIS UNTIL NOW LOL GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIASSS !!!!!!!!!

[wheffrey1]

My spanish teacher told us to watch this video as homework. with a worksheet of the paragraphs in here. This is actully more helpful than my own teacher. you explain it differently. I was able to understand it, so thank you so much!

[ru19music]

gracias !!

finally it went into my head : D

[hpvstwilight12]

Thanks so much for uploading this lesson now I understand the preterite/imperfect sorta well.

[8080pop]

omg i cant get this down -_- and preterite/imperfect is like 80% what my school teaches...

[armandino101]

Great lessons! Thanks a lot for putting these up. Very helpful.

[Capri557]

dude your spanish is horrible i wish stupid gringos would stop tryign to teach our language

[Strugglingspanish]

You did a great job explaining the difference between the imperfect and the preterite:)

[bochalema]

@bennemann It's like the English: "to take a dump" How can you take a dump? Can you take a dump home and hang it from the wall? No right? But you can dump what you take. Languages are like that, you can't translate literalmente.