To conjugate regular -er and -ir Spanish verbs in El Pretérito Imperfecto, you need to add these endings to the stem:
| yo | -ía |
| tú | -ías |
| él / ella / Ud. | -ía |
| nosotros / nosotras |
-íamos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
-íais |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | -ían |
This table shows two common verbs that follow this pattern:
| COMER to eat |
VIVIR to live |
|
| yo | comía | vivía |
| tú | comías | vivías |
|
él / ella /usted |
comía | vivía |
| nosotros / nosotras | comíamos | vivíamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | comíais | vivíais |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | comían | vivían |
Notice all these forms have an accent on the -i-.
See also Conjugate regular -ar verbs in El Pretérito Imperfecto (imperfect) for regular -ar verbs.Learn more about these related Spanish grammar topics
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MarcKwiziq community member
Seducir
In the question:Los chicos de mi calle ________ a las chicas todo el tiempo.The boys in my street used to seduce the girls all the time.HINT: Conjugate "seducir" in El Pretérito Imperfecto.I answered seducion however it marked me wrong and stated seduciron as correct I thought you remove the -ir as made example in the lesson.
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InmaKwiziq team member
Hola Marc
For the regular imperfect tense you need to remove the -ar/-er/-ir, and add the ending for that specific pronoun, so, in this case with regular verb "seducir":
seduc-
seducían (they used to seduce)
Hope it helps
Saludos
Inma
Marc asked:View original
Seducir
In the question:Los chicos de mi calle ________ a las chicas todo el tiempo.The boys in my street used to seduce the girls all the time.HINT: Conjugate "seducir" in El Pretérito Imperfecto.I answered seducion however it marked me wrong and stated seduciron as correct I thought you remove the -ir as made example in the lesson.
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