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Forming the Imperfect Subjunctive in Spanish
Learn to form the Spanish imperfect subjunctive, focusing on the common '-ra' endings for regular and irregular verbs, and how to recognise the alternative '-se' forms.
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TutorialSpanish
Forming the Imperfect Subjunctive in Spanish
Learn to form the Spanish imperfect subjunctive, focusing on the common '-ra' endings for regular and irregular verbs, and how to recognise the alternative '-se' forms.
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34 CardsLesson#1
In this deck, you will learn how to form the imperfect subjunctive. It is commonly used when talking about hypothetical situations, wishes, doubts and reactions in the past. Here, we will practise the forms in short hypothetical clauses. The next deck will show you how to connect these clauses to results expressed with the conditional.
Quiz#2
When is the imperfect subjunctive used in Spanish?
hypothetical situations.
Lesson#3
To form the imperfect subjunctive, begin with the form used for “they” in the preterite. For example, the preterite form of “hablar” is “hablaron”. Remove “ron” from “hablaron” to produce the stem “habla”. You can then build the imperfect subjunctive from this stem.
Lesson#4
We will begin with the common form of the imperfect subjunctive. With “hablar”, the forms are “yo hablara”, “tú hablaras”, “él or ella hablara”, “nosotros habláramos”, “vosotros hablarais” and “ellos hablaran”. Notice the written accent in “habláramos”.
Quiz#5
In a hypothetical situation, how do you say “if I spoke more slowly” in Spanish, using the common form of the imperfect subjunctive?
Si yo hablara más despacio.
Quiz#6
In a hypothetical situation, how do you say “if you spoke to the teacher”, when addressing one friend, using the common form of the imperfect subjunctive?
Si tú hablaras con el profesor.
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