Which form is the imperfect tense for 'I used to live'?

Which form is the imperfect tense for 'I used to live'?

• A. Tú vivías
• B. Él vivía
• C. Yo vivía
• D. Nosotros vivíamos

Answer: (C)

In Spanish, talking about past actions that were habitual or ongoing uses the imperfect tense. For vivir, the imperfect endings are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían. The first-person singular form is vivía, with the accent on the i. So “I used to live” is yo vivía. The other forms shown correspond to different subjects (you, he, we) but all in imperfect; they’re not matching the first-person speaker. Also, note that the preterite would be viví for a completed past action, which isn’t the same nuance.

In Spanish, talking about past actions that were habitual or ongoing uses the imperfect tense. For vivir, the imperfect endings are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían. The first-person singular form is vivía, with the accent on the i. So “I used to live” is yo vivía. The other forms shown correspond to different subjects (you, he, we) but all in imperfect; they’re not matching the first-person speaker. Also, note that the preterite would be viví for a completed past action, which isn’t the same nuance.