Un uso muy específico del imperfecto (a very specific use of the imperfect tense)
When I was a kid / When I was 12:
Siempre usamos imperfecto con los verbos ser y tener respectivamente.
💂 We always use imperfect with the verbs ser and tener respectively.
Cuando era niño comía siempre en la casa de mi abuela los sábados. (When I was a kid, I would always eat at my grandmother's house on Saturdays.)
Cuando tenía doce años jugaba con mi amigo Pedro cada día. (When I was twelve, I used to play with my friend Pedro every day.)
Progress, Vol. 3
Progress, all volumes
Active recall
Rereading feels productive but fades fast. What actually works is closing the page and trying to recall what you just learned. The effort of reconstructing knowledge from memory is what makes it stick.