The Imperfect Tense: Irregular Verbs Página 179 The Imperfect Tense: Irregular Verbs Página 179
The Imperfect There are three irregular verbs in the imperfect. IR SER VER.
IR iba ibas iba íbamos ibais iban
SER era eras era éramos erais eran era eras era éramos erais eran
VER veía veías veía veíamos veíais veían
Haber In Español 1 y 2 we only use one form of haber. You have seen the word hay which means there is/ there are. In the imperfect we use había for hay. It means there was/ there were. It does not have a subject!!!!!
Remember when to use the imperfect: If the verb – 1. describes (it has to be in the imperfect) – 2. used to / would (it was a habit or a routine) – 3. was/were +ing (ongoing action