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IMPERFECT INDICATIVE

IMPERFECTO DE INDICATIVO

At the beginning I said there are seven simple tenses and seven compound tenses, that means you have to know how to change from the present tense to the other tenses, like how to make the verb say ( was, did, will, would, etc.) To do that you have to learn how to change the end of the verb. Lets see how to make the verbs ( ir, er, ar )change from the present indicative to the imperfect indicative(was), The imperfect tense is used for things that ( used to happen or were happening) e.g. I used to play tennis, I was going to the beach etc. It is often used to describe situations in the past e.g. it was raining, he was wearing a hat. To form the imperfect, add one of two sets of endings to the stem of the verb, the AR verb put (aba), at the, ER and IR, put (ía),look at the deference from the present tense to the imperfect tense.

PRESENT TENSE

HABLAR = TO SPEAK , TO TALK

HABLO = I SPEAK
HABLAS = YOU SPEAK(familiar)
HABLA = YOU, HE, SHE SPEAKS(FORMAL)
HABLAMOS = WE SPEAK
HABLÁIS = YOU SPEAK (FAMILIAR) (PL)
HABLAN = YOU (FORMAL)(PL) THEY (MASC) THEY (FEM) SPEAK

IMPERFECT TENSE

HABLAR = TO SPEAK , TO TALK

HABLABA = I WAS SPEAKING, I USED TO SPEAK
HABLABAS = YOU WAS SPEAKING, YOU USED TO SPEAK(familiar)
HABLABA = YOU, HE, SHE WAS SPEAKING, YOU HE SHE USED TO SPEAK
HABLÁBAMOS = WE WERE SPEAKING, WE USED TO SPEAK
HABLABAIS = YOU WERE SPEAKING, YOU USED TO SPEAK(FAMILIAR) (PL)
HABLABAN = YOU WERE(FORMAL)(PL) THEY WERE(MASC) THEY WERE(FEM) SPEAKING

 

This is were you use the subject pronouns for emphasis, as you can see there are four (HABLABA) I was speaking and you, he, she was speaking, so use the subject pronoun for emphasis.

SUBJECT PRONOUN

IMPERFECT TENSE

YO HABLABA = I WAS SPEAKING, I USED TO SPEAK
USTED HABLABA = YOU WAS SPEAKING, YOU USED TO SPEAK
ÉL HABLABA = HE WAS SPEAKING, HE USED TO SPEAK
ELLA HABLABA = SHE WAS SPEAKING, SHE USED TO SPEAK

SUBJECT PRONOUN

IMPERFECT TENSE

TOMAR = TO TAKE

 

YO TOMABA = I WAS TAKING, I USED TO TAKE
USTED TOMABA = YOU WAS TAKING, YOU USED TO TAKE
ÉL TOMABA = HE WAS TAKING, HE USED TO TAKE
ELLA TOMABA = SHE WAS TAKING, SHE USED TO TAKE

 

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