Verb Conjugation
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for a key to the boxes below, refer to the
Pronouns Page
For rules on contrasting the preterite and
imperfect past tenses (for second semester of Beginning Spanish
and above) click this link.
For conjugations of the preterite tense, click
this link.
Imperfect Tense
(Preterite
Imperfect indicative)
| AR
verbs (regular) HABLAR |
| hablaba |
hablabas |
hablaba |
| hablábamos |
hablabais
(hablaban) |
hablaban |
| ER
verbs (regular) COMER |
| comía |
comías |
comía |
| comíamos |
comíais
(comían) |
comían |
| IR
verbs (regular) ESCRIBIR (same
as ER) |
| escribía |
escribías |
escribía |
| escribíamos |
escribíais
(escribían) |
escribían |
| SER |
| era |
eras |
era |
| éramos |
erais
(eran) |
eran |
| IR |
| iba |
ibas |
iba |
| íbamos |
ibais
(iban) |
iban |
| VER
(up to four vowels in a row!) |
| veía |
veías |
veía |
| veíamos |
veíais
(veían) |
veían |
No stem changes, no other irregulars.
Don't invent new irregulars.
For rules on contrasting the preterite
and imperfect past tenses (for second semester of Beginning
Spanish and above) click
this link. For conjugations of the preterite tense, click
this link.
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