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IR Verbs: Strong Preterites

Spanish: Edexcel IGCSE, topic 10.6.5

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'

'Decir'

  • Dijera/dijese - I was saying.
  • Dijeras/dijeses - you were saying.
  • Dijera/dijese - he/she was saying.
  • Dijéramos/dijésemos - we were saying.
  • Dijerais/dijeseis - you were saying.
  • Dijeran/dijesen - they were saying.
'Ir'

'Ir'

  • Fuera/fuese - I was going.
  • Fueras/fueses - you were going.
  • Fuera/fuese - he/she was going.
  • Fuéramos/fuésemos - we were going.
  • Fuerais/fueseis - you were going.
  • Fueran/fuesen - they were going.

Test yourself on IR Verbs: Strong Preterites

  • How do you say 'we were going' in the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish?

  • Which of the following is NOT in the imperfect subjunctive?

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