19.1 The Only Three Irregulars
The imperfect lesson wasn't so bad, was it? Well, here's some even better news! There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect. Some people find that these sounds are similar to the rest of the imperfect, and that helps them to remember where these verbs come from.
SER
(to be)
in the Imperfect
yo
era
tú
eras
él/ella/Ud.
era
nosotros/as
éramos
vosotros/as
erais
ellos/ellas/Uds.
eran
IR
(to go)
in the Imperfect
yo
iba
tú
ibas
él/ella/Ud.
iba
nosotros/as
íbamos
vosotros/as
ibais
ellos/ellas/Uds.
iban
VER
(to see)
in the Imperfect
yo
veía
tú
veías
él/ella/Ud.
veía
nosotros/as
veíamos
vosotros/as
veíais
ellos/ellas/Uds.
veían
✦ Note ✦
Note that all the nosotros forms have written accents and that the entire set for ver has written accents!
Practice Time!
Master these verb conjugations from Lesson 19
TASKS
0/3ser
imperfect
ir
imperfect
ver
imperfect