I need a lesson in Verbs

bhill says on Jul 23, 2007, 17:28:

imperfecto is for a habitual action, or something with no clearly defined beginning or end. perfecto has a clearly defined timeframe, like if you say "Ayer, (pretérito).."
It's easy enough for me to understand the intent, but as a second language I doubt I'll ever get to the point where I always select the correct tense....

-Brian

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Man Tequila says on Jul 23, 2007, 21:06:

The simple perfect tense is described here.
http://www.helloworld.com.es/english/quick reference/verbs/indicative/ppcpp.htm

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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bueno_pues says on Jul 23, 2007, 21:57:

Lo explicaste muy bien, R.

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Man Tequila says on Jul 24, 2007, 08:32:

Here is a corrected link, not sure what happened there.

http://www.helloworld.com.es/english/quick reference/verbs/indicative/ppsps.htm

May not have been the best link. The pretérito perfecto is also discussed here.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Spanish/Lesson_9

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jul 24, 2007, 18:17:

Rocinante explained it well.

I always think of it as "Used to" or "was doing" vs. "did"

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Man Tequila says on Jul 24, 2007, 21:53:

Rocinante did explain it well. Link won't post for whatever reason, but you could put in between quick and reference if you want to see it.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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summer83 says on Jul 26, 2007, 11:41:

I have the perfect book for you, It is called "501 verbs" in spanish. It teaches all the 14 tenses in spanish. There are 7 simple and 7complex and they teach you in detail exactlay how to use them. You can get the book almost anywhere especialy on-line or a student book store.
It helped me ALOT!
good luck :)

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Man Tequila says on Jul 26, 2007, 13:00:

Dammit, cannot get "percentage twenty" to show up on the site. Weird.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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MaSep says on Aug 20, 2007, 21:51:

oh really which you luck, I don´t even know the difference is so complicated!

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