Grammar Rules: Imperfect Subjunctive Jessica Satinoff Sean Nevins Catalina Zapata.

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1 Grammar Rules: Imperfect Subjunctive Jessica Satinoff Sean Nevins Catalina Zapata

2 What is the Imperfect Subjunctive? The Imperfect Subjunctive refers to events or ideas that did not, cannot and will not happen.

3 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.

4 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."

5 Enseñar (to teach) Aprender (to learn) Escribir (to write) (enseñaron)(aprendieron)(escribieron) enseñaraaprendieraescribiera enseñarasaprendierasescribieras enseñaraaprendieraescribiera enseñáramosaprendiéramosecribiéramos enseñaraisaprendieraisescribierais enseñaranaprendieranescribieran

6 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

7 Examples: Ellos (decir)- dijeran Tú (seguir)- siguieras Julio (volver)- volviera Nosotros (ir)- fuéramos Ella (entender)- entendiera

8 El Fin