Spanish/Tenses/Indicative/Simple/Imperfect

-AR-ER / -IRconjugationexampletranslationconjugationexampletranslation-ARhablarto speak-ER / -IRcomerto eatYostem+abahablabaI spokestem+íacomíaI ateTústem+abashablabasYou spokestem+íascomíasYou ateÉlstem+abahablabaHe spokestem+íacomíaHe ateNosotrosstem+ábamoshablábamosWe spokestem+íamoscomíamosWe ateVosotrosstem+abaishablabaisYou all spokestem+íaiscomíaisYou all ateEllosstem+abanhablabanThey spokestem+íancomíanThey ate Some things to note: The -ER and -IR verbs take exactly the same endings, just as they did in the preterite. There are only three irregular verbs (ser, ver, and ir) in this tense, making it by far the easiest tense to learn. The only difficulty with this tense arises because the yo and él forms are conjugated exactly the same (-aba and -ía). Although Spanish is a pro-drop language (meaning subject pronouns are usually excluded), it is often a good idea to include subject pronouns in these cases for clarity.