Get Imperfect Endings

There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense: ser, ir, and ver. For every other – er and – ir verb, use the endings in Table 4. Notice that all imperfect tense forms of – er and – ir verbs have a written accent mark on the letter i.

There are only three verbs with irregular conjugations in the imperfect: ir, ser, and ver. Remember how there were a lot of irregular verbs and rules to verbs in the Preterit Tense? Well, you're going to love the irregular verbs in the Imperfect Tense because there are only THREE! Woohoo!

The imperfect past tense only has three irregular verbs: ser (to be), ir (to go), and ver (to see).

The imperfect tense is used to refer to actions in the past that occurred repeatedly. I used to walk every day. Yo caminaba cada día. ... I used to eat paella frequently. Yo comía frecuentemente paella. ... We were coming home when we saw Juan. Veníamos para casa cuando vimos a Juan. ... Juan was feeling sick. Juan estaba enfermo.

What is the imperfect tense in Spanish? Imperfect, or pretérito imperfecto, is a tense in Spanish used to talk about past actions, conditions, and events without a specific duration. This includes past habitual actions and actions that were not finished in the past.

In other words, the only reason this verb is considered irregular, is because we leave the “e” instead of taking it off like we normally would. Remember, “veías” means “You were seeing”, “You used to see” or “You saw on Tuesdays” or “many times” or “often” or some other indefinite period of time.