Which form is the imperfect tense for 'you all (Spain) used to eat'?

Which form is the imperfect tense for 'you all (Spain) used to eat'?

• A. Tú comías
• B. Vosotros comíais
• C. Ella comía
• D. Ud. comía

Answer: (B)

The imperfect tense is used for habitual or ongoing past actions, and each subject has its own set of endings. For verbs ending in -er like comer, the imperfect endings are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían. The second-person plural informal in Spain is vosot ras, so the ending for that subject is -íais. Attach that to the stem com- to get comíais, and with the subject you get Vosotros comíais, meaning “you all (Spain) used to eat.” The other forms shown correspond to different subjects (singular you, he/she, or formal you), which is why they don’t fit this specific subject. The accent on the í marks the correct stress for this imperfect form.

The imperfect tense is used for habitual or ongoing past actions, and each subject has its own set of endings. For verbs ending in -er like comer, the imperfect endings are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían. The second-person plural informal in Spain is vosot ras, so the ending for that subject is -íais. Attach that to the stem com- to get comíais, and with the subject you get Vosotros comíais, meaning “you all (Spain) used to eat.” The other forms shown correspond to different subjects (singular you, he/she, or formal you), which is why they don’t fit this specific subject. The accent on the í marks the correct stress for this imperfect form.