Keeping Motivated

I love learning Spanish and have fun most of the time. Sometimes though I get frustrated and need some additional motivation to keep moving forward. Even though they aren't about learning spanish, I subscribe to an achievement Ezine. First of all it's free, did I mention I love free stuff. The Ezines are from a few different motivational speakers and are emailed to me. Sometimes I read them everyday to keep me motivated, sometimes I only read them when I need a pick me up. They offer stories and motivation with life and success in general so I just apply it to my journey of learning Spanish. I put a link on the top right if you would like to sign up for the achievement Ezines and check them out for yourself. Did I mention they are free, and they don't send spam.

Right now I am trying to get down the difference between the preterite and the imperfect.

The preterite generally refers to past actions that are seen as complete.
example -
Jose habló dos horas.
Jose spoke for two hours.
(implied beginning and end)

Jose habló con su amigo.
Juan spoke with his friend.
(implied beginning and end)

The imperfect generally refers to past actions that are not seen as complete.
example -
Los chicos hablaban en inglés.

The boys used to speak in English.
(no definite beginning or end)

The biggest thing I have to remember is generally. I have been trying to read Spanish articles so I can see these differences in use and try and get a handle on when to use which.

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