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The Imperfect Tense:
Regular Verbs
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Edited by Profe 2009
Preterite
You have already learned to
talk about the past using the
preterite tense for actions that
began and ended at a definite
time.
Preterite
Ana cantó en la fiesta
anoche.
Ana sang at the party last
night.
(Completed past action.)
Imperfect
The imperfect tense is
another way to talk about the
past. We use it to describe
actions without any
indication of their beginning
or end.
Imperfect
Ana cantaba.
Ana was singing.
(No indication of beginning
or end.)
Imperfect
We use the imperfect to talk
about actions that happened
repeatedly in the past. In
English we often say
“used to” or “would” to
express this idea.
Imperfect
Generalmente caminaban
mucho.
Generally they would walk
a lot.
Imperfect
Jugaban con otros niños de
la familia.
They used to play with
other children in the family.
Imperfect
Expressions such as
generalmente, a menudo,
muchas veces, todos los días,
siempre, and nunca can cue
us to use the imperfect.
Imperfect
Here are all the forms of -ar
verbs in the imperfect.
Notice the accent mark on
the nosotros form.
CAMINAR (to walk)
Yo
caminaba Nos. caminábamos
Tú caminabas Vos. caminabais
Él
Ellos
Ella caminaba Ellas
caminaban
Ud.
Uds.
Imperfect
Since the yo and the
Ud./él/ella forms are the
same, we often use the
subject pronouns to avoid
confusion.
Imperfect
Let’s do a few more verbs.
PATINAR (to skate)
Yo
patinaba
Nos. patinábamos
Tú patinabas
Él
Ella patinaba
Ud.
Vos. patinabais
Ellos
Ellas
patinaban
Uds.
USAR (to use)
Yo
usaba
Nos. usábamos
Tú usabas
Él
Ella usaba
Ud.
Vos. usabais
Ellos
Ellas
usaban
Uds.
JUGAR (to play)
Yo
jugaba
Nos. jugábamos
Tú jugabas
Él
Ella jugaba
Ud.
Vos. jugabais
Ellos
Ellas
jugaban
Uds.
Imperfect
Now we will learn the -er/ir verb endings in the
imperfect tense.
COMER (to eat)
Yo
comía
Tú comías
Él
Ella comía
Ud.
Nos. comíamos
Vos.
Ellos
Ellas
Uds.
comíais
comían
VIVIR (to live)
Yo
vivía
Tú vivías
Él
Ella vivía
Ud.
Nos. vivíamos
Vos.
Ellos
Ellas
Uds.
vivíais
vivían
Let’s review once more.
PELEARSE (to fight)
Yo
me peleaba Nos. nos peleábamos
Tú te peleabas Vos.
Ellos
Él
Ella se peleaba Ellas
Uds.
Ud.
os peleabais
se peleaban
¡una competición!
Imperfect tense
VERB
hablar
SUBJECT
yo
hablaba
Imperfect tense
VERB
mirar
SUBJECT
ellos
miraban
Imperfect tense
VERB SUBJECT
caminar tú
caminabas
Imperfect tense
VERB SUBJECT
estudiar ella
estudiaba
Imperfect tense
VERB
saltar
SUBJECT
usted
saltaba
Imperfect tense
VERB
comer
SUBJECT
ellas
comían
Imperfect tense
VERB
vivir
SUBJECT
Paco
vivía
Imperfect tense
VERB
servir
SUBJECT
yo
servía
Imperfect tense
VERB SUBJECT
construir nosotros
construíamos
Imperfect tense
VERB
escribir
SUBJECT
vosotros
escribíais
Imperfect tense
VERB
SUBJECT
esconderse ellos
se escondían
Imperfect tense
VERB SUBJECT
pelearse Lola y yo
nos peleábamos
Imperfect tense
VERB
ser
SUBJECT
yo
era
Imperfect tense
VERB
ir
SUBJECT
tú
ibas
Imperfect tense
VERB SUBJECT
treparse Hugo
se trepaba
Imperfect tense
VERB
SUBJECT
divertirse ustedes
se divertían
Imperfect tense
VERB
viajar
SUBJECT
nadie
viajaba
Imperfect tense
VERB SUBJECT
comprar mi familia
compraba
Imperfect tense
VERB
SUBJECT
cepillarse yo
me cepillaba
Imperfect tense
VERB SUBJECT
estudiar nosotros
estudiábamos
¡El fin!
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