Imperfect Tense

Abab

Abab isn’t perfect. Sometimes he stutters.

Sometimes he copies work from his classmate Ian.
He also can’t make up his mind if he wants to use accent marks or not.

When I was young, I talked weird.

Cuando era joven, hablaba raro.

In Spanish, we use the command tense to produce “I used to…” statements.

Yo Tú Ud, Nosotros Uds, Ellos,

Él, or Ella or Ellas
-AR -aba -abas -aba -ábamos -aban
-ER/-IR -ía -ías -ía -íamos -ían

There are 3 irregular verbs in the conditional tense:

ROOT Yo Tú Ud, Nosotros Uds,
Él, or Ellos, or
Ella Ellas
Ir Iba Ibas Iba Íbamos Iban
Ser Era Eras Era Éramos Eran
Ver Veía Veías Veía Veíamos Veían

☼Remember that if a verb is stem-changing in the present, the imperative will

change too.☼