Ir (to go) is irregular in El Pretérito Imperfecto:
| yo | iba |
| tú | ibas |
| él / ella / Ud. | iba |
| nosotros / nosotras |
íbamos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
ibais |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | iban |
See and listen to these examples:
Yo no iba en tren sino en coche.
I didn't go by train but by car.
Tú ibas de chica en chica de joven.
You used to flit from girl to girl when you were young.
Sofía iba de Madrid a Jaén.
Sofía was going from Madrid to Jaen.
Hace años íbamos a ese camping cada verano.
Years ago we used to go to that campsite every summer.
¿Ibais a Ibiza para vuestra luna de miel?
Were you going to Ibiza for your honeymoon?
Iban de vacaciones a una isla bonita.
They were going on holidays to a lovely island.
For the conjugation of regular verbs see:
- Conjugate regular -ar verbs in El Pretérito Imperfecto (imperfect)
- Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in El Pretérito Imperfecto (imperfect)
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Yo no iba en tren sino en coche.
I didn't go by train but by car.
Sofía iba de Madrid a Jaén.
Sofía was going from Madrid to Jaen.
¿Ibais a Ibiza para vuestra luna de miel?
Were you going to Ibiza for your honeymoon?
Tú ibas de chica en chica de joven.
You used to flit from girl to girl when you were young.
Iban de vacaciones a una isla bonita.
They were going on holidays to a lovely island.
Hace años íbamos a ese camping cada verano.
Years ago we used to go to that campsite every summer.
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