IMPERFECTO DE INDICATIVO
VIVIR = TO LIVE
YO VIVÍA = I WAS LIVING, I USED TO LIVE |
USTED VIVÍA = YOU WAS LIVING, YOU USED TO LIVE |
ÉL VIVÍA = HE WAS LIVING, HE USED TO LIVE |
ELLA VIVÍA = SHE WAS LIVING, SHE USED TO LIVE |
COMER = TO EAT
YO COMÍA = I WAS EATING, I USED TO EAT |
USTED COMÍA = YOU WAS EATING, YOU USED TO EAT |
ÉL COMÍA = HE WAS EATING, HE USED TO EAT |
ELLA COMÍA = SHE WAS EATING, SHE USED TO EAT |
So all you have to do is add the endings to each verb (IR AND ER, ADD (ÍA, ÍAS, ÍAMOS, ÍAIS, ÍAN,)
at the end of the(AR verb ADD(ABA, ABAS, ÁBAMOS, ABAIS, ABAN)here are a few short sentences in the imperfect tense.
IMPERFECT INDICATIVE
A FEW SHORT SENTENCES
YO MIRABA POR LA VENTANA = I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW |
ME ACOSTABA A LAS SIETE = I USED TO GO TO BED AT SEVEN |
CARMEN ESTABA SENTADA DETRÁS DE SU MADRE = CARMEN WAS SITTING BEHIND HER MOTHER |
JUGÁBAMOS EL FUTBOL= WE USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL |
NO HEMOS HALLADO LO QUE BUSCÁBAMOS = WE HAVE NOT FOUND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR |
EL LLEVABA LA CAJA SOBRE LA CABEZA = HE WAS CARRYING THE BOX ON HIS HEAD |
ELLOS VIVÍAN FRENTE AL MARCADO = THEY USED TO LIVE OPPOSITE THE MARKET |
LLOVÍA MUY FUERTE CUANDO SALIMOS = IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD WHEN WE WENT OUT |
ESA ES LA CASA EN QUE VIVÍAMOS = THAT IS THE HOUSE WE USED TO LIVE IN |
MIENTRAS YO LEÍA LA LUZ SE APAGÓ = WHILE I WAS READING THE LIGHT WENT OUT |
(That is only two of the fourteen tenses(present and imperfect)
(the next one is the preterite tense (past tense something you did in the past) (CLICK NEXT)