Question

How can you tell when a verb is imperfect, perfect, Ect.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to the question is:

The Imperfect Preterite Form is used when the time at which the action is performed is not specified:

• Yo llegaba a la casa de mi amigo y cenábamos juntos.

While the Perfect Preterite Form is used when specifying the time in which it is performed, either the time or the day.

• Yo llegué a la casa de mi amigo a las 2:00 p.m.
• Ella llegó a la casa de su amigo el domingo.

Explanation:

In Spanish there are two ways in which a verb can be conjugated in Preterite Tense: the Imperfect Form and the Perfect Form, although at first glance it could be thought that they can be used interchangeably, the Imperfect Form serves to mention past tenses without mentioning the time in which they occurred, meanwhile the Perfect Form regularly specifies the time in which the events occurred, either within the complement of the sentence or in previous information.

Answer 2

Imperfect and past tense verbs show the difference in the timing of past actions The past perfect tense relates to an action that was completed at a time relative to another timed event. For example, "By 2000 they had married." The imperfect tense, refers to an action that continued for some time.