Spanish · Chapter 21 · Lesson 2 · Grammar primer
Imperfect subjunctive forms
On the AQA A-level grammar list.
The short version
The scariest tense steals its stem from the preterite
Take the ellos preterite, knock off the -ron, add the endings, and you are done. Hablaron gives hablara, tuvieron gives tuviera, fueron gives fuera. It has no irregulars of its own, only the ones the preterite already had. The single thing to watch is the compulsory accent on nosotros: tuviéramos.
Si yo fuera rico, no trabajaría.
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