The Spanish Imperfect Tense
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How to Read the Verb Charts
Subject Pronouns in Spanish (English)
Yo (I)
Nosotros (We)
Tú (You - informally)
Él/ella/Usted
Vosotros (Y’all)
Ellos/ellas/Ustedes
(He / she / you –formally)
(They / All of you)
In Spain, use vosotros to talk to a group of friends or peers. Use Ustedes to talk
to a group formally.
In Latin America, use Ustedes to talk to a group, either formally or informally.
How to Read the Verb Charts
Subject Pronouns in Spanish
The Imperfect Tense
Regular Endings: -ar Verbs
-aba
-ábamos
-abas
-aba
-abais
-aban
The Imperfect Tense
Regular Endings: -er/-ir Verbs
-ía
-íamos
-ías
-ía
-íais
-ían
The Imperfect Tense
Regular Verbs: hablar
hablaba
hablábamos
hablabas
hablaba
hablabais
hablaban
The Imperfect Tense
Regular Verbs: comer
comía
comíamos
comías
comía
comíais
comían
The Imperfect Tense
Regular Verbs: vivir
vivía
vivíamos
vivías
vivía
vivíais
vivían
The Imperfect Tense
Regular Verbs: lavarse
me lavaba
nos lavábamos
te lavabas
se lavaba
os lavabais
se lavaban
Lavarse is a regular verb that happens to be reflexive. Study the proper use and
position of reflexive pronouns.
The Imperfect Tense: Irregular Verbs
ir
iba
íbamos
ibas
iba
ibais
iban
The Imperfect Tense: Irregular Verbs
ser
era
éramos
eras
era
erais
eran
The Imperfect Tense: Irregular Verbs
ver
veía
veíamos
veías
veía
veíais
veían
Ver is irregular because the e is not removed from the infinitive.
The Imperfect Tense: Irregular Verbs
haber
 The imperfect form of haber is había.