The majority of verbs are regular in the imperfect tense.
The imperfect is formed by removing the -ar, -ir and -er endings from the infinitive and adding the imperfect endings:
jugar (to play) | hacer (to make/do) | vivir (to live) | |
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(yo) | jugaba | hacía | vivía |
(tú) | jugabas | hacías | vivías |
(él/ella/usted) | jugaba | hacía | vivía |
(nosotros/as) | jugábamos | hacíamos | vivíamos |
(vosotros/as) | jugabais | hacíais | vivíais |
(ellos/ellas/ustedes) | jugaban | hacían | vivían |
As you can see, the endings for -er and -ir verbs are the same.
Here are some examples of the imperfect tense:
Write the imperfect tense of the following verbs.