Spanish Imperfect Tense Notes

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Regular Formation

Take the stem and add the appropriate endings.

Note that -er and -ir verbs have the same endings.

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Irregular Formation

There are only 3 irregulars

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Useful Imperfect Structures

There are 2 main useful structures that use the imperfect

Mientras + IMPERFECT + Preterite = While ..........was -ing, something happened. e.g. While I was playing, we won = Mientras jugaba, ganamos.

Imperfect + Cuando + Preterite = Something was -ing, when sometjing happened. e.g. I was playing, when we won = Jugaba, cuando ganamos.