Indefinido or Imperfecto

First, we will see a review of all the tenses we have seen so far. Secondly, we are going to see the difference between the pretérito indefinido and the pretérito imperfecto. When it comes to choosing between these two verb tenses, many people have doubts.

• Trabajé/Trabajaba en esta empresa.
• Estudié/Estudiaba en esta Universidad.

To learn to choose, we will see three different cases. Full action vs. action in development: Complete process vs. part of a process: Narrate a fact vs. describe the past: