Imperfect Subjunctive: An Overview

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.

 singularplural
first personraramos*
second personrasrais
third personraran

*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 escribi
éramos, nosotros pagáramos, etc…

yo hablara
tú hablaras
él/ella/usted hablara
nosotros habláramos
vosotros hablarais
ellos/ellas/ustedes hablaran