Imperfect: Part I
In a previous lesson, you learned that the imperfect is used for past actions that are not seen as completed. Use of the imperfect tense implies that the past action did not have a definite beginning or a definite end. You also learned how to conjugate regular -ar verbs. In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate -er and -ir verbs, and become more familiar with the uses of the imperfect.
----------------To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the imperfect, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the following:
aba
abas
aba
ábamos
abais
aban
----------------To conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the imperfect, simply drop the ending (-er or -ir) and add one of the following:
ía
ías
ía
íamos
íais
ían
----------------Here are all three regular imperfect verb forms together:
hablar
hablaba
hablabas
hablaba
hablábamos
hablabais
hablaban comer
comía
comías
comía
comíamos
comíais
comían vivir
vivía
vivías
vivía
vivíamos
vivíais
vivían
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