'IR' Verbs: 'Strong Preterites'
Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 10.7.8
Strong Preterites
All the strong preterites are irregular in the imperfect subjunctive. Their imperfect stem is formed from their irregular 'ellos/ellas' form in the preterite. You just remove the 'on' and add the imperfect endings. They take the ER/IR endings.
'Decir'
- Dijera/dijese - I said.
- Dijera/dijese - he/she said / you said (formal).
- Dijéramos/dijésemos - we said.
- Dijerais/dijeseis - you said (plural).
- Dijeran/dijesen - they said / you said (formal plural).
'Ir'
- Fuera/fuese - I went or I was.
- Fueras/fueses - you went or you were.
- Fuera/fuese - he/she went or he/she was / you went or you were (formal).
- Fuéramos/fuésemos - we went or we were.
- Fuerais/fueseis - you went or you were (plural).
- Fueran/fuesen - they were or they went / you went or you were (formal plural).
Test yourself on 'IR' Verbs: 'Strong Preterites'
How do you say 'we went' in the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish?
Which of the following is NOT in the imperfect subjunctive?