Spanish · Chapter 9 · Lesson 12 · Grammar primer
The imperfect tense
Past for habitual or ongoing action: 'used to', 'was -ing'. Only three irregulars in the whole tense.
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Three irregulars in the whole tense
The imperfect is the cleanest tense in Spanish to conjugate. Two ending sets, -aba for -ar verbs and -ía shared by -er and -ir, and exactly three irregular verbs: ser, ir and ver. Tener and hacer look frightening elsewhere and are perfectly regular here. The nosotros accent is compulsory.
Cuando era niño, vivía en Londres.
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