Regular -er and -ir verbs follow a pattern in El Pretérito Imperfecto in Spanish.
Learn how to conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in El Pretérito Imperfecto in Spanish
You need to add these endings to the stem:
| yo | -ía |
| tú | -ías |
| él / ella / Ud. | -ía |
| nosotros / nosotras |
-íamos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
-íais |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | -ían |
Conjugation of regular verbs "comer" and "vivir" in El Pretérito Imperfecto in Spanish
| COMER to eat |
VIVIR to live |
|
| yo | comía | vivía |
| tú | comías | vivías |
|
él / ella /usted |
comía | vivía |
| nosotros / nosotras | comíamos | vivíamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | comíais | vivíais |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | comían | vivían |
Notice all these forms have an accent on the -i-.
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