CSG076

Morę Ab out the Preterit and the Imperfect

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La boda. Traduce. Usa el vocabulario util.

Ana was twenty-eight years old when she married Marco. She became a nurse a month before the wedding. The ceremony was magnificent. Marco’s family traveled from California to the celebration. It was eight o’clock when the reception started at the hotel. While the guests arrived, the waiters served some drinks. Itwas eight thirty when Ana and her husband arrived at the party. At that moment, the orchestra began to play a beautiful melody, and Ana’s mother started to ery.

Ana’s mother lived in Germany and didn’t see her daughter often. Ali mothers ery at their daughters’ weddings. Despite the tears, the guests enjoyed the evening. Itwas twelve thirty when the newlyweds decided to leave on their honeymoon. And do you (tu) know where they went? To Germany!

despite	a pesar de	nurse	el/la enfermero(a)
Germany	Alemania	orchestra	la orquesta
guest	el/la invitado(a)	tear	la lagrima
honeymoon	la luna de iniel	to ery	llorar
husband	el esposo	to enjoy	disfrutar
magnificent	magmfico (a)	to marry	casarse
newlywed	recien casado(a)	wedding	la boda

Yerbs w ilii a Special Meaning: Ponerse₉ V©Iverse₉ and flacerse

Some verbs are used morę frequently in the past than in other tenses. One example in English is to become. Poner(se), volver(se), and hacer(se) are all reflexive verbs (used with the correspond-ing reflexive pronouns) that express to become in English. For a morę detailed explanation of reflexive constructions in Spanish, consult Unit 8 in this book.

Notę the use of the preterit in the following examples. Keep in mind that in different contexts these verbs communicate different ideas. These examples are narrations in the past, but you will also see these verbs in other tenses.

• Use ponerse + adjective to express changes of an emotional or physical naturę.

El se puso enojado.    He became angry.