Imperfect Indicative

Imperfet d'Indicatiu

About this concept

Imperfect tense for past habitual actions and descriptions: cantava, cantaves, cantava, cantàvem, cantàveu, cantaven. Used for background actions, descriptions, and ongoing states in the past.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level B1.

Examples

Quan era petit, jugava al carrer.When I was little, I used to play in the street.

Plovia molt aquell dia.It was raining a lot that day.

Vivíem a Girona.We used to live in Girona.

Ella tenia els ulls blaus.She had blue eyes.

Prerequisite

Periphrastic Past (Passat Perifràstic)A2

Concepts that build on this

Past Tense ContrastB1 Reported SpeechB2

More B1 concepts

Future TenseFutur Simple Conditional MoodCondicional Imperative MoodImperatiu Present SubjunctiveSubjuntiu Present Comparatives and SuperlativesComparatius i Superlatius

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