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Conjugaciones del imperfecto de subjuntivo
The Spanish imperfect subjunctive has two complete sets of conjugations. Although you only need to memorize and use one or the other, you still need to be able to recognize both. The -RA set of conjugations is more colloquial, used mostly orally in Spain and Latin America. The -SE set is more commonly found in writing.
To conjugate, take the third person plural preterite form of any regular, irregular, or stem-changing verb, drop the –RON ending to find the radical, and add the appropriate ending:
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-RA conjugation |
-SE conjugation |
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| yo | -ra | nosotros | -´ramos | yo | -se | nosotros | -´semos | |||
| tú | -ras | vosotros | -rais | tú | -ses | vosotros | -seis | |||
| él | -ra | ellos | -ran | él | -se | ellos | -sen | |||
Notes
- The yo and él forms of the imperfect subjunctive are identical within each set.
- In the nosotros form of both conjugations, an acute accent ´ is added to the last vowel in the radical.
Por ejemplo …
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HABLAR -» ellos hablaron |
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| yo | hablara | nosotros | habláramos | |
| tú | hablaras | vosotros | hablarais | |
| él | hablara | ellos | hablaran | |
| yo | hablase | nosotros | hablásemos | |
| tú | hablases | vosotros | hablaseis | |
| él | hablase | ellos | hablasen | |
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TENER -» ellos tuvieron |
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| yo | tuviera | nosotros | tuviéramos | |
| tú | tuvieras | vosotros | tuvierais | |
| él | tuviera | ellos | tuvieran | |
| yo | tuviese | nosotros | tuviésemos | |
| tú | tuvieses | vosotros | tuvieseis | |
| él | tuviese | ellos | tuviesen | |
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Imperfect Subjunctive Quizzes
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Spanish subjunctive tenses
- Present
- Present Perfect
- Imperfect
- Pluperfect
- Future
Usage
- Verbs and expressions
- Conjunctions
- Adjective clauses
- Negation and interrogation
- Si clauses
- The Sujunctivisor!
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