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The Imperfect Tense The imperfect Tense is used in Portuguese to express something that was happening at a particular moment in time. For instance, we would NOT use the imperfect for the sentence "I ate an apple" because the action has finished. However, the sentence "I was eating an apple" describes something that was happening at a moment in time. Let's see how to form the imperfect tense. First, take the "ar", "er" or "ir" off the infinitive (so falar becomes fal, comer becomes com and partir becomes part Regular -ar verbs I was speaking Eu fal ava You (s,inf) were speaking Tu fal avas He was speaking (also ela, você) Ele fal ava We were speaking Nós fal ávamos You (f) were speaking Vós fal áveis They were speaking (also elas, vocês) Eles fal avam Regular -er and -ir verbs You only need to learn one conjugation for the 'ir' and 'er' verbs. That means that the verb partir is conjugated exactly like comer in the imperfect tense. I was eating Eu com ia You (s,inf) were eating Tu com ias He was eating (also ela, você) Ele com ia We were eating Nós com íamos You (f) were eating Vós com íeis They were eating (also elas, vocês) Eles com iam There! It's that easy.