Imperfect Subjunctive

5 languages

SpanishSubjuntivo Imperfecto
B2Past subjunctive from third person plural preterite: -ra/-se endings (cantara/cantase, comiera/comiese). Used after past tense verbs, in unreal conditionals, with ojalá for unlikely wishes.
FrenchSubjonctif Imparfait
C1Literary subjunctive for past hypotheticals and formal sequence of tenses. Based on passé simple stem + -sse, -sses, -^t, -ssions, -ssiez, -ssent. Rare in modern usage.
ItalianCongiuntivo Imperfetto
B2Past subjunctive for simultaneous/subsequent actions relative to main clause in past. Also for hypotheticals. Regular: -assi, -essi, -issi endings. Key irregular: essere (fossi), dare, stare.
PortugueseConjuntivo Imperfeito
B2Past subjunctive from third person plural preterite: -sse endings (falasse, comesse, partisse). Used after past tense verbs, in unreal conditionals, with oxalá for unlikely wishes.
CatalanSubjuntiu Imperfet
B2Imperfect subjunctive: cantés, cantessis, cantés, cantéssim, cantéssiu, cantessin. Used in conditional clauses (si pogués...), past wishes, and subordinate clauses depending on a past main verb.

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