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Jane asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 6 months ago

Spanish question?

Do -AR, -ER and -IR verbs in the imperfect carry accents? If so, where exactly?

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  • Anonymous
    6 months ago

     

    Imperfect Indicative

    1) "-AR" verbs carry a written accent only on the third-to-last syllable of the "nosotros" form.

    Examples:

    saltAR (to jump) --> nosotros/as sal-tá-ba-mos

    caminAR (to walk) --> nosotros/as ca-mi-ná-ba-mos

    mirARse (to look) --> nosotros/as nos mi-rá-ba-mos

    cansARse (to get tired) --> nosotros/as nos can-sá-ba-mos

    2) "-ER" and "-IR" verbs carry a written accent on the end "ía" of all the forms.

    Examples:

    hacER (to do) --> yo ponía, tú ponías, él/ella/usted ponía, nosotros poníamos, ellos/ellas/ustedes ponían

    ponERse (to put) --> yo me ponía, tú te ponías, él/ella/usted se ponía, nosotros nos poníamos, ellos/ellas/ustedes se ponían

    decIR (to say) --> yo decía, tú decías, él/ella/usted decía, nosotros decíamos, ellos/ellas/ustedes decían

    escribIR (to write) --> yo escribía, tú escribías, él/ella/usted escribía, nosotros escribíamos, ellos/ellas/ustedes escribían

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    Imperfect Subjunctive

    "-AR," "-ER" and "-IR" verbs carry a written accent only on the third-to-last syllable of the "nosotros" form.

    Examples:

    saltAR (to jump) --> nosotros/as sal-tá-ra-mos

    caminAR (to walk) --> nosotros/as ca-mi-ná-ra-mos

    mirARse (to look) --> nosotros/as nos mi-rá-ra-mos

    cansARse (to get tired) --> nosotros/as nos can-sá-ra-mos

    hacER (to do) --> nosotros hi-cié-ra-mos

    ponERse (to put) --> nosotros pu-sié-ra-mos

    decIR (to say) --> nosotros di-jé-ra-mos

    escribIR (to write) --> nosotros es-cri-bié-ra-mos

  • Anonymous
    6 months ago

     -AR verbs in the nosotros form:  hablábamos, cantábamos, etc.

    -ER and -IR in all the forms

    comía

    comías

    etc.

    vivía

    vivías

    etc.

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