Spanish Verbs
The Imperfect Subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive is formed by taking the 3rd person plural form the preterit tense of a verb, dropping the "ron" ending, and then adding the new imperfect subjunctive ending.
Here are the endings for all regular verbs.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| first person | ra | ramos* |
| second person | ras | rais |
| third person | ra | ran |
*Special note about the 1st person plural form:
An accent will be added to the final letter of the verb stem to which the
"ramos" ending is added.
nosotros escribiéramos,
nosotros pagáramos,
etc...
yo hablara
tú hablaras
él/ella/usted hablara
nosotros habláramos
vosotros hablarais
ellos/ellas/ustedes hablaran
There is a second set of conjugations for the imperfect subjunctive. Either set of endings can be used. Here is the other set of endings:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| first person | se | semos* |
| second person | ses | seis |
| third person | se | sen |
*Special note about the 1st person plural form: An accent will be added to the final letter of the verb stem to which the "semos" ending is added.
yo hablase
tú hablases
él/ella/usted hablase
nosotros hablásemos
vosotros hablaseis
ellos/ellas/ustedes hablasen