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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>GramÃ¡tica - General Spanish grammar questions</title><link>http://forodeespanol.com/Archive/GramaticaGeneralSpanishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htm</link><description>We answer lots of different types of general Spanish questions here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3256.36449)</generator><item><title>imperfect and perfect tenses</title><link>http://forodeespanol.com/Archive/ImperfectAndPerfectTenses/gkx/post.htm#1918</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:35:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1918</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forodeespanol.com/Archive/ImperfectAndPerfectTenses/gkx/post.htm#1918</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forodeespanol.com/Archive/comments12-1918.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;IMPERFECT &amp;amp; PERFECT TENSES.&amp;nbsp; EL &lt;em&gt;ASPECTO&lt;/em&gt; DEL VERBO&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;El &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;aspecto&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; nos informa sobre el desarrollo interno de la acciÃ³n (si estÃ¡ empezando, desarrollÃ¡ndose o acabando; si no ha terminado aÃºn, o si ya ha terminado)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;El &lt;strong&gt;aspecto imperfecto&lt;/strong&gt; nos indica que la acciÃ³n no ha terminado, que se estÃ¡ desarrollando. Las formas imperfectas son todas las formas simples del verbo (excepto cantÃ©, cantaste...)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;El &lt;strong&gt;aspecto perfecto&lt;/strong&gt; indica que la acciÃ³n ya ha finalizado. Las formas perfectas son todas las formas compuestas (con el verbo HABER) y el pretÃ©rito perfecto simple de indicativo (cantÃ©, cantaste ...) que tambiÃ©n expresa una acciÃ³n acabada.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - el coche salÃ­a del garaje, cuando se oyÃ³ un disparo &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- el coche habÃ­a salido del garaje, cuando se oyÃ³ un disparo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;en el primer ejemplo&amp;nbsp; la acciÃ³n estaba ocurriendo en aquel momento, no habÃ­a terminado, ambas acciones (salir el coche&amp;nbsp;y oir el disparo) son simultÃ¡neas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;en el segundo, la acciÃ³n ya habÃ­a concluÃ­do, el coche ya habÃ­a salido&amp;nbsp;cuando&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;se oye el disparo.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;an &amp;quot;easy&amp;quot; way to make the difference:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Imperfect can be replaced by&amp;nbsp; BE + -ING&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp; Perfect can be used with already, by then&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was having lunch when she arrived -----&amp;nbsp; imperfect&amp;nbsp; cenaba/ estaba cenando&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had already had lunch when she arrived ------ perfect (ya) habÃ­a cenado &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39; will have had lunch by then -------- perfect&amp;nbsp; habrÃ© cenado&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;AIXA from spain&lt;/p&gt;
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