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    The imperfect tense in Spanish describes repeated or ongoing actions in the past without reference to a beginning or end. It is equivalent to the English phrases "used to" and "was/were doing". The imperfect is formed by adding the following endings to the verb root: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -aban, -aban. The three irregular verbs in the imperfect are ser, ir, and ver. The imperfect is used to talk about habitual actions or ongoing events viewed as happening in the past.

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    The imperfect tense in Spanish describes repeated or ongoing actions in the past without reference to a beginning or end. It is equivalent to the English phrases "used to" and "was/were doing". The imperfect is formed by adding the following endings to the verb root: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -aban, -aban. The three irregular verbs in the imperfect are ser, ir, and ver. The imperfect is used to talk about habitual actions or ongoing events viewed as happening in the past.

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    The imperfect tense in Spanish describes repeated or ongoing actions in the past without reference to a beginning or end. It is equivalent to the English phrases "used to" and "was/were doing". The imperfect is formed by adding the following endings to the verb root: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -aban, -aban. The three irregular verbs in the imperfect are ser, ir, and ver. The imperfect is used to talk about habitual actions or ongoing events viewed as happening in the past.

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    The imperfect tense in Spanish describes repeated or ongoing actions in the past without reference to a beginning or end. It is equivalent to the English phrases "used to" and "was/were doing". The imperfect is formed by adding the following endings to the verb root: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -aban, -aban. The three irregular verbs in the imperfect are ser, ir, and ver. The imperfect is used to talk about habitual actions or ongoing events viewed as happening in the past.

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    Imperfecto

    A) There are two simple past tenses in Spanish: the preterit and the imperfect.

    -ar Verbs

    -er Verbs

    -ir Verbs

    COMPRAR

    HACER

    DORMIR

    Yo compraba

    haca

    dorma

    T comprabas

    hacas

    dormas

    l compraba

    haca

    dorma

    hacamos

    dormamos

    Ustedes compraban

    hacan

    dorman

    Ellos compraban

    hacan

    hacan

    Nosotros comprbamos

    Notice that the endings of -er and -ir verbs are the same. Notice also that there is a written
    accent mark on the final of -er and -ir verbs.

    1) The imperfect tense in Spanish is equivalent to three forms in English:


    a) I used to live in New York.
    Yo viva en Nueva York

    b) I was living in New York.


    c) I lived in New York.

    2) The Spanish imperfect is used to refer to habitual or repeted actions in the past, with
    no reference to when they began or ended.
    De que te hablaba Pedro?

    What was Pedro talking to you about?

    Me hablaba de la inflacin.

    He was talking to me about inflation.

    Yo siempre depositaba todo mi dinero en el I would always deposit all my money in the
    banco.
    bank.

    Yo tambin ahorraba mi dinero, pero ahora


    lo gasto.

    I used to save my money too, but now I


    spend it.

    3) The imperfect is also used to describe actions or events that the speaker views as in
    the process of happening in the past, again with no reference to when they began or
    ended.
    Empezbamos a estudiar cuando l vino.

    We were beginning to study when he


    came.

    B) There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense: ser, ir, and ver.
    ser

    ir

    ver

    Yo

    era

    iba

    vea

    eras

    ibas

    veas

    era

    iba

    vea

    Nosotros

    ramos

    bamos

    veamos

    Ustedes

    eran

    iban

    vean

    Ellos

    eran

    iban

    vean

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