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

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

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

Answer: (B)

In Spanish, the imperfect tense covers past actions that were habitual or ongoing, or that set the scene in the past. For vivir, the imperfect endings are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían, with the stem viv-. The form for informal you (tú) is vivías, giving the phrase tú vivías, which means you used to live. The other forms correspond to different subjects: yo vivía (I used to live), él vivía (he used to live), nosotros vivíamos (we used to live). So the correct choice matches the subject you, yielding tú vivías.

In Spanish, the imperfect tense covers past actions that were habitual or ongoing, or that set the scene in the past. For vivir, the imperfect endings are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían, with the stem viv-. The form for informal you (tú) is vivías, giving the phrase tú vivías, which means you used to live. The other forms correspond to different subjects: yo vivía (I used to live), él vivía (he used to live), nosotros vivíamos (we used to live). So the correct choice matches the subject you, yielding tú vivías.