Spanish Imperfect tense
What is the imperfect tense used for?
To say what someone was doing, to describe something in the past, to say what things used to be like and what someone used to do
In the 'I' form, an -ar verb will remove the 'ar' and add what? And an -er or -ir verb will remove it and add what?
aba, ia i with an accent
In the 'you (s)' form, an -ar verb will remove the 'ar' and add what? And an -er or -ir verb will remove it and add what?
abas, ias i with an accent
In the 'he/she/it' form, an -ar verb will remove the 'ar' and add what? And an -er or -ir verb will remove it and add what?
aba, ia i with an accent
In the 'we' form, an -ar verb will remove the 'ar' and add what? And an -er or -ir verb will remove it and add what?
abamos first a with an accent, iamos i with an accent
In the 'you (p)' form, an -ar verb will remove the 'ar' and add what? And an -er or -ir verb will remove it and add what?
abais, iais first i with an accent
In the 'they' form, an -ar verb will remove the 'ar' and add what? And an -er or -ir verb will remove it and add what?
aban, ian i with an accent
'ir' is irregular in this tense, what are the words in the order: I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they?
iba, ibas, iba, ibamos i with an accent, ibais, iban
'ser' is irregular in this tense, what are the words in the order: I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they?
era, eras, era, eramos e with an accent, erais, eran