Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugations To conjugate the imperfect subjunctive

Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugations To conjugate the imperfect subjunctive, take third person plural preteriteform of any regular, irregular, or stem-changing verb, drop the -RON ending to find the radical, and add the appropriate ending: -RA conjugation -SE conjugation

3 -Part Formula We use the Imperfect Subjunctive when referring to events or ideas that did not, cannot and will not happen. The Imperfect Subjunctive uses the 3 -part formula just as the Present Subjunctive does. Each one of these three components MUST be in place.

Subject #1 (indicative verb) 1. (Select one of the WEIRDO categories) Past Tense Indicative Verb Options: 1. imperfect 2. preterite 3. past perfect 4. conditional 5. conditional perfect

2 Que This is the conjunction necessary to introduce the subjunctive clause

3 Subject #2 + verb in the subjunctive (the person or thing in our WEIRDO world that didn't happened or couldn't happen) Verb Options: Subjunctive mood in the Past 1. imperfect (past) subjunctive [for a simultaneous or future state or action] OR 2. past perfect subjunctive [for a prior state or action]

Yo Tú Él, ella, usted Nosotros* Vosotros Ellos, ellas, Uds. ra ras ra ramos rais ran

* Note: the Nosotros form has an accent on the vowel that immediately precedes the "r" in "-ramos. " The third person plural Ellos/as, ustedes form in the Past Subjunctive always ends in "-RAN" in as opposed to the Preterite which ends in "-RON". We form the past subjunctive by taking the third person plural (Ellos, ellas, ustedes) form of the preterite past tense, and then adding the appropriate Imperfect subjunctive ending. For example, let's conjugate Tener: We start with the Preterite 3 rd person plural : Tuvieron (irregular) We drop the "-ron" ending: tuvie. We add one of the appropriate "-ra/ -ras/ -ra/ -'ramos/ -rais/ -ran" endings we'll use the "Tú" form for this example: Tú tuvieras