Grammar Rules: Imperfect Subjunctive Jessica Satinoff Sean Nevins Catalina Zapata
What is the Imperfect Subjunctive? The Imperfect Subjunctive refers to events or ideas that did not, cannot and will not happen.
Imperfect Subjunctive There is only one past tense in the subjunctive, the imperfect subjunctive. Form the root by removing the -ron from the third-person plural of the preterit, then add endings.
Verb endings: ra ras ra ramos rais ron There is only one set of endings in the imperfect subjunctive regardless of whether the ending is –AR, -ER or -IR. The nosotros form has an accent on the vowel right before the "r" in "-ramos."
Enseñar (to teach) Aprender (to learn) Escribir (to write) (enseñaron)(aprendieron)(escribieron) enseñaraaprendieraescribiera enseñarasaprendierasescribieras enseñaraaprendieraescribiera enseñáramosaprendiéramosecribiéramos enseñaraisaprendieraisescribierais enseñaranaprendieranescribieran
Irregular verbs Any irregular verbs that applied to the preterit form will also apply to the imperfect form: ir/ser: (fueron) fuera, fueras, fuera, fuéramos, fuerais, fueran dormir: (durmieron) durmiera, durmieras, durmiera, durmiéramos, durmierais, durmieran
Examples: Ellos (decir)- dijeran Tú (seguir)- siguieras Julio (volver)- volviera Nosotros (ir)- fuéramos Ella (entender)- entendiera
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