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Start with the third-person plural form of the preterit.
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Drop the -ron ending to establish the verb’s imperfect subjunctive base.
This verb base is used for all verbs whether they’re regular, irregular, stem-changing, or spelling-changing verbs.
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Add the common endings from one of the lists that follow.
These endings are uniform for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. You can use either set of endings; they both give you the imperfect subjunctive.
The vowel that precedes the nosotros ending is always accented.
Yo | -ra |
Tú | -ras |
él/ella/ello/uno | -ra |
Usted | -ra |
nosotros/nosotras | -ramos |
vosotros/vosotras | -rais |
ellos/ellas | -ran |
Ustedes | -ran |
Yo | -se |
Tú | -ses |
él/ella/ello/uno | -se |
Usted | -se |
nosotros/nosotras | -semos |
vosotros/vosotras | -seis |
ellos/ellas | -sen |
Ustedes | -sen |
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Mi padre dudaba que nosotros comiéramos toda la pizza. My father doubted that we ate the whole pizza.
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Ellos deseaban que su hermano abriera la puerta. They wished that his brother would open the door.