Irregular verbs
There are only threeirregularSomething that does not follow regular patterns and may have a different form.verbA 'doing' word; a word expressing action. 'Walk', 'talk', 'come', 'go', 'eat' and 'sleep' are all verbs. in the imperfect tenseThe imperfect tense is used to describe things in the past, that used to happen regularly or an incomplete action. in Spanish:
| ir (to go) | ser (to be) | ver (to see) | |
| (yo) | iba | era | veía |
| (tú) | ibas | eras | veías |
| (él/ella/usted) | iba | era | veía |
| (nosotros/as) | íbamos | éramos | veíamos |
| (vosotros/as) | ibais | erais | veíais |
| (ellos/ellas/ustedes) | iban | eran | veían |
| (yo) | |
| ir (to go) | iba |
| ser (to be) | era |
| ver (to see) | veía |
| (tú) | |
| ir (to go) | ibas |
| ser (to be) | eras |
| ver (to see) | veías |
| (él/ella/usted) | |
| ir (to go) | iba |
| ser (to be) | era |
| ver (to see) | veía |
| (nosotros/as) | |
| ir (to go) | íbamos |
| ser (to be) | éramos |
| ver (to see) | veíamos |
| (vosotros/as) | |
| ir (to go) | ibais |
| ser (to be) | erais |
| ver (to see) | veíais |
| (ellos/ellas/ustedes) | |
| ir (to go) | iban |
| ser (to be) | eran |
| ver (to see) | veían |
The imperfect of hay (there is/there are) is había (there was/there were/there used to be). Había is used frequently for describing things in the past, eg en mi pueblo había un restaurante (in my village, there used to be a restaurant).
Question
Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the imperfect tense.
Cuando yo _______________ (ser) más pequeño, _______________ (vivir - nosotros) en una casa grande en el campo. Mi madre _______________ (estar) contenta porque la casa _______________ (tener) un jardín muy hermoso. Lo peor _______________ (ser) que _______________ (compartir - yo) un dormitorio con mi hermano. Todos los días _______________ (ir - nosotros) al parque y _______________ (ver - nosotros) a nuestros amigos.
Cuando yo era más pequeño, vivíamos en una casa grande en el campo. Mi madre estaba contenta porque la casa tenía un jardín muy hermoso. Lo peor era que compartía un dormitorio con mi hermano. Todos los días íbamos al parque y veíamos a nuestros amigos.
Translation:
When I was younger, we used to live in a big house in the country. My mother was happy because the house had a very lovely garden. The worst thing was that I used to share a bedroom with my brother. Every day we used to go to the park and we used to see our friends.
