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Preterite vs Indefinite? (in Spanish)
I'm totally confused. While researching preterite vs imperfect I see references to "Preterite indefinite" and "Preterite imperfect".
I'm getting the impression, in the context of the Past Tense, that "Peterite", used by itself, is synonymous with "Indefinite", used by itself. Can anyone clarify this?
April 16, 2018
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Chilotin
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In Spanish, the formal name of past tenses is "Pretérito" ("Pasado" is more colloquial). Then, Preterite is "Pretérito indefinido" ("Preterite Indefinite") and Imperfect is "Pretérito imperfecto".