Question

Explain the difference between the imperfect and preterite tenses in Spanish, and provide an example sentence for each.

Answer 1

The preterite tells you precisely when something happened in the past, while the imperfect tells you in general terms when an action took place with no definite ending.

Preterite example: Conocí al presidente de la organización
Imperfect example: Conocía al presidente de la organización.