Spanish/Imperfect

../Verbs/ The imperfect tense communicates: continuing past events (translates English was/were __ing) customary, habitual events in the past planned future events Verbs are conjugated to the imperfect by taking off the last two letters of the infinitive and replacing them with an ending based on -ía or -aba. Conjugating regular verbs in the imperfect This is probably the easiest verb tense to conjugate. -AR verbs take on the -aba endings. Here is an example: Bailar (to dance) bailaba: I danced bailabas: you danced bailaba: he, she, it, you (formal) danced bailábamos: we danced bailabais: you danced bailaban: they, you (plural, formal) danced -IR and -ER verbs take on -ía endings. Examples: Venir (to come) venía: I came venías: you came venía: he, she, it, you came veníamos: we came veníais: you came venían: they, you (formal) came Comer (to eat) comía: I ate comías: you ate comía: he, she, it, you ate comíamos: we ate comíais: you ate comían: they, you (formal) ate Irregular verbs There are only three. Ser (to be) era: I was eras: you were era: he, she, it was, you were éramos: we were erais: you were eran: they were Notice the accent in the "nosotros" form of "ser" and "ir." Ir (to go) iba: I used to go ibas: you used to go iba: he, she, it, you used to go íbamos: we used to go ibais: you used to go iban: they used to go Ver (to see) veía: I used to see veías: you used to see veía: he, she, it, you used to see veíamos: we used to see veíais: you used to see veían: they used to see That's it! Those are all the irregulars.