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Key Words and Phrases for the Imperfect Tense

This list of words and phrases often signal the need to use the imperfect tense. In Spanish, the imperfect tense is one of the past tenses (the other is preterit). It's equivalent is "I used to eat oatmeal everyday; When I was young, I would run to school; They were going to the park on Tuesdays.

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a menudooften
a vecesat times
algunas vecessometimes
cada díaeach day
cada nocheeach night
casi nuncahardly ever
casi siemprealmost always
con frecuenciafrequently, often
constantementeconstantly
de costumbreusually
de vez en cuandofrom time to time
frecuentementefrequently
generalmentegenerally
mientraswhile
muchas vecesmany times
normalmentenormally
por lo generalgenerally
rara vezrarely
siemprealways
todas las semanasevery morning
todas los añosevery year
todos los díasevery day


Spanish III, IV, V, and AP Instructor
Galion High School
Galion, OH

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