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imperfect tense (dict)
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Imperfect TenseThe imperfect tense, in the classical grammar of several Indo-European languages, denotes a past tense with imperfective aspect. It corresponds to the English past-continuous tense. In Spanish, the imperfect is a past tense. Its uses include representing: - An action that was going on at the same time as another action
- An action that was going on when another action occurred
- A habitual action in the past.
- A description of a mental, emotional, or physical condition
- The time or date in the past
Conjugation: | hablar | comer | insistir | i>yo | hablaba | coma | insista | i>t | hablabas | comas | insistas | i>l | hablaba | coma | insista | i>nosotros | hablabmos | comamos | insistamos | i>vostros | hablabais | comais | insistais | i>ellos | hablaban | coman | insistan | Notes: - The yo and el/ella/usted forms are the same for verbs ending in ar, er, and ir.
- There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense: ir, ser, and ver.
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