The Spanish Imperfect Tense (Compatible with www.spanish411.net) 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.