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criminal-sen · 4 months

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as much drama and turmoil as Imperfect has, i think this ship is sooooo fucking funny

#mayuri kurotsuchi #my art #imperfect

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wordsofwisdomandsoul · 11 months

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spanishskulduggery · 9 months

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hi, I was wondering when to switch between the imperfect and preterite tenses? I’ve been reading some spanish texts and I’ve noticed that the imperfect is the main tense used, but I also see the preterite thrown in sometimes.

I'll link to my other things I've done on this in a reblog since I'm on my phone atm but it comes down to narration vs action a lot of the time

In linguistic terms "perfect" means "completed" [lit. "thoroughly done"], so "imperfect" means "not yet completed"... the imperfect tense is used for things that may or may not still be happening or continuing, so it is often used for narration and description

Imperfect is often used for:

narration, description

continuous past ("was doing", "was eating", "was sleeping")

used to, was in the habit of

telling time - always imperfect (era la una, eran las dos, etc)

soler + infinitive as "used to" as past tense is ALWAYS imperfect; there is no preterite form accepted so you normally only see soler in present tense "to be in the habit of" and imperfect "used to"

Preterite is commonly called "simple past", where it is things that happened and are done, and they are actions

In terms of reading, it's more that imperfect introduces something and describes it, while the preterite shows an "interruption" or "the action"

A common example I like to use:

Dormía y sonaba el teléfono. = I was sleeping and the phone was ringing. [imperfect + imperfect; no interruption, background description] Dormía y sonó el teléfono. = I was sleeping and the phone rang. [imperfect + preterite; involves an "interruption" of an "action" to the background description]

If you use the two imperfect, it sounds like someone was sleeping through the phone ringing, and/or that the phone ringing was part of the background. If you use imperfect and then preterite, it implies the preterite was a sudden occurrence that breaks up the narration.

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But please be aware that most verbs can exist in the two different tenses and it becomes a matter of how they're understood...

Assuming 3rd person singular - se dormía would be "was falling asleep", while se durmió would be "fell asleep"

Sometimes it really depends on the mood - especially with ser and estar in preterite or imperfect - like you don't see too much difference between ¿dónde estabas? "where were you?" vs. ¿dónde estuviste? "where were you?" except in context where preterite feels more like interrogation "where were you (at that specific time)?"

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There are a handful of verbs that change meaning depending on preterite and imperfect

I'll link things below that will explain it more but in general be wary of:

poder

no poder

querer

no querer

conocer

saber

haber

And also tener. Where normally tener is imperfect as preterite tener can come across as "to obtain", but there are so many idiomatic ways of using tener like "hungry", "thirsty", "hot/cold", and your age that there are times when preterite could be used. Still, in general, preterite tener is most often a synonym of conseguir or obtener as "to get"

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Additional links:

A Linguistic Perspective on the Spanish Past

More in-depth explanation of imperfect

Using soler

The imperfect tag

The preterite tag

Preterite and Imperfect Contrasted from Bowdoin

Spanish Tenses & Moods Masterpost

#spanish #langblr #learn spanish #language learning #spanish lessons #asks #long post #la gramatica #preterite #imperfect #the eternal struggle

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a-dauntless-daffodil · 5 days

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the thing i really do like about lena from ducktales is

she's a teen character who's been through a Lot. and still is a Lot

and her friends? they like her like that

she's still someone who'll hide how she's having terrifying nightmares of her evil aunt taking control of her, up to the point she accidentally drags her friends into a dreamverse and almost succumbs to said evil aunt because she's just so TIRED of trying to NOT be like her

she's a big sister now, adopted by violet and the two best dads, and she's super supportive- but her way of helping violet is by teaching her to insult and put down her competition- their Friend- which gets violet into some troubles later on

she's the kind of friend who stops an attack at huey by stopping TIME, pulling them both in his mind- and then opening the door in his mind he told her Not To, unleashing a feral furious side of him- encouraging him to do that in REAL life, cause a mess! Be a bit of a monster! Go wreck someone for once!!!

she's the bestie who sees webby's newly discovered clone sisters cutting a string between her picture and webby's, and blasts said clone twin with a magic attack

Reformed isn't the word for lena, is what im saying.

She's got the same traits as ever- they're just barely starting to be redirected

now she's also someone who dragged webby's granny out of danger (while alone with no witnesses) even though said granny didn't approve of her, basically said she thought lena had no future, and had been getting in the way of lena's plans for freedom and escape from her own evil aunt

lena was never evil. she doesn't need redemption

chances to BE HERSELF is what she needed, and it's what she GETS

she's jumping down a giant shark monster to save webby- her worst nightmare is webby dying- she kinda dies herself trying to save webby

she's the cool teen making color coordinated friendship bracelets for all her new buddies-

she's the big sis waving flags and cheering violet on, dissing on their friends for her, tackle hugging her (getting such a smile out of violet when she does), and always reaching out to her when things get dangerous

she's the friend who's been through it looking at huey's worst side, the part of him he's scared and ashamed of, telling him dude that is COOL- and she's also spending time and magic letting him run through as many redos as he wants, the one who put out a hand in the nick of time to save him the first place

she's coming to get webby after their first real fight, physically straining to keep a spell up long enough to reach her, and she's got friendship bracelets for webby's formally evil clone sisters too, catching them in her magic and safely carrying them along with her own little sister

like, she does learn to trust in friendship. she learns she wants to try being a better friend too

but she doesn't have to turn into someone ELSE to do it!

and her friends wouldn't want her to, anyway

#ducktales #lena sabrewing #violet sabrewing #webby vanderquack #huey duck #it's nice is what i mean #there's a lot of good stories about redemption- a lot annoying storis where someone's flaws are ignored- and then there's lena #and her arc is all about just FINALLY getting to be a teen #a normal-ish #imperfect #teen girl who isn't alone anymore #she's got friends and family to protect and care about now #in her own somewhat morally grey way #love it for her

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nobeerreviews · 1 year

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We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us - that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

-- Emilio Estevez

(Barcelona)

#time #memories #shine #travel photography #barcelona #barceloneta #catalunya #Spain #imperfect #emilio estevez #quote #wreck #wonderful #beautiful

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prfm-multiverse · 3 months

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#2024 #gifs #imperfect #prfm #perfume #kashiyuka

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alpha-beta-gamer · 2 years

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tragedybunny · 10 months

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Reading "Imperfect" today. It almost killed me, literally cried for a minute. Fulgrim’s guilt is palpable, along with his desperation for some sort of absolution. And he'll never be able to get back that great love he once had, never be forgiven.

#fulgrim #ferrus manus #fulgrim x ferrus #emperor's children #warhammer #warhammwer 40k #horus heresy #imperfect

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deadlynightshadeunderthestars · 5 months

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Just asking, but minus magic and all that, does Rafal permanently have a limp? I don't recall he got it fixed right away. In fact, it wasn't healing properly, and I wonder if it was too late to fix it by the time Rhian noticed.

#fall of the school for good and evil #rise of the school for good and evil #sge #school for good and evil #rafal mistral #the school for good and evil #im wondering #actually it would be “cooler” to have him with it #not because that's fun #obviously #but rather because it gives a more human vibe #imperfect #and still capable of a lot

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serenityquest · 4 months

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#the latest kate #you are enough #imperfect #flawed #only human

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thxrnking · 4 months

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Legacy of the Thorn King | Wanderlust

Wanderlust hesitates, pinning Jack with a determined look.

“I’m coming back. You can ignore me all you want. Walk off, kick me out, shove me. I don’t care. You won’t change my mind.“ Wanderlust points over Jack's shoulder to his mother in the corridors beyond. “Neither will she.”

Imperfect | Overkill | Legacy | The Thorn King

#Just Dance #Just Dance 2023 #Just Dance fanfiction #jd wanderlust #just dance wanderlust #Legacy of the Thorn King #Imperfect #Jacklust #Wanderose #slow burn #angst

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bernardreneguillot · 4 months

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