I wish...

[peace_cory]

I had an iron clad stomach... So, Friday morning, I walked out of my room and was greeted with "Buenos Dias" by my host mom, what you would expect in Nicaragua, right? My brain actually had the thought "Oh, you mean we´re still doing that?!" So not a good sign. I guess it´s normal to go through a period of being a bit frustrated that everything

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[truthbetold]

im sorry things have been so frustrating for you!! just try to hang in there. ((hugs))

[griffjon]

Just for some perspective here; I took spanish all through HS AND college (I technically have a minor in it!), and the preterite/imperfect really messes me up! You're condensing a LOT of grammar into a very small timeframe. It's gonna be hard, but if you can get the important daily-use ones (haber, ser/estar, ir, dar, decir, etc.) and the general idea, you'll make do!

If it helps, think of the horrors of English in the present/past/imperfect!

I bring, I brang, I brought
I Drink, I Drank, I have drunk. (and I'm still drunk! / yup, he's a drunken sailor)
I think, I thought, I have thought/I used to think...

...it makes no sense! the patterns are horrid!

Also, and this is Very Important -- this is possibly the Second Most Important Trick To Learning a Language -- get drunk with the locals! (The first of course is date a local)

[nfnitperplexity]

Unfortunately the situations in which we use the preterit and imperfect don't line up perfectly with the way they use them, do they? Or maybe we just use them incorrectly a lot in casual conversation.