Spanish 2 Honors Imperfect Tense Verbs

What does imperfect Tense mean?

Used to

yo form of -ar verbs

-aba (ex. Celebraba)

tu form of -ar verbs

-abas (ex. jugabas)

el/Ella/ud form of -ar verbs

-aba (ex. hablaba)

nosotros form of -ar verbs

-ábamos (ex. bailábamos) WITH THE ACCENT ON THE A

ellos/ellas/uds form of -ar verbs

-aban (ex. cantaban)

yo form of -er/ir verbs

-ía (ex. comía)

tu form of er/ir verbs

-ías (ex. comías)

el/Ella form of er/ir verbs

-ía (ex. comía)

nosotros form of er/ir verbs

-íamos (ex. comíamos)

ellos/ellas/uds form of er/ir verbs

-ían (ex. comían)

One thing to remember about all er/ir Verbs is…

ALL OF THEM HAVE AN ACCENT ON THE i

What are the three irregular verbs that don’t follow the ar and er/ir Verbs rules?

Ir, ver, and ser

Ir: to go, yo form imperfect tense

Íba, this is the whole world, not the ending

Ir: to go tu form 

Íbas

Ir: to go el/ella/ud form

Íba

Ir: to go nosotros form

Íbamos

Ir: to go ellos/ellas/uds form

Íban

One thing to remember about all Ir imperfect Tense Verbs is…

THEY ALL HAVE THE ACCENT ON THE i

Ser: to be yo form

Era this is the whole word not the ending

Ser: to be tu form

Eras

Ser: to be El/Ella/ud form

Era

Ser: to be nosotros form

Éramos

Ser: to be ellos/ellas/uds form

Eran

Something to remember about the ser verbs is…

The only on with an accent is the we form!

Ver: to see yo form

Veía whole word not just ending

Ver: to see tu form

Veías

Ver: to see El/Ella/ud form

Veía

Ver: to see nosotros form

Veíamos

Ver: to see ellas/ellos/uds form

Veían

Something to remember about all ver imperfect Tense Verbs is…

THEY ALL HAVE ACCENTS ON THE I

All of the verbs in imperfect Tense stay in their…

infinitive spelling (ex. INSTEAD OF THIS: Jugar → juegaba IT IS THIS: Jugar → Jugaba by retaining the base)

What do you do with reflexive verbs in the the imperfect Tense?

You put the se, me the, or nos In front, and then treat that verb as if you were just conjugating it in imperfect Tense! (ex. divertirse →se divertirse → se divertía. )

What words don’t look like reflexives but technically are?

The ones that are me interesa, me gusta because SOMETHING is interesting/pleasing TO YOU.