Grammar Rules:Grammar Rules:Imperfect SubjunctiveImperfect Subjunctive

Grammar Rules:Grammar Rules:Imperfect SubjunctiveImperfect Subjunctive

Jessica SatinoffJessica SatinoffSean NevinsSean Nevins

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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)

enseñara aprendiera escribiera

enseñaras aprendieras escribieras

enseñara aprendiera escribiera

enseñáramos aprendiéramos ecribiéramos

enseñarais aprendierais escribierais

enseñaran aprendieran escribieran

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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