Unidad 11
El mundo laboral
D. La gramática: El imperfecto de subjuntivo El imperfecto de subjuntivo
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You may have noticed a verb form you didn’t recognise in section C.1, for question 10: ‘¿Qué harías si no pudieras encontrar trabajo en Irlanda?’
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FORMING THE IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE Step 1 Take the ellos form of the verb in the pretérito indefinido.
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Pudieras is the imperfect subjunctive form of the verb poder. In Spanish, the imperfect subjunctive is used in the same situations as the present subjunctive (uncertainty, doubt, expressing emotion, desire or necessity), but when the WEIRDO verb is in the preterite, imperfect, conditional or past perfect tense.
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Step 2 Remove the -ron from the end of the ellos form. This becomes the stem. ELLOS FORM OF THE PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO
SUBJUNCTIVE STEM
HABLAR
hablaron
habla-
COMER
comieron
VIVIR
vivieron
TENER
tuvieron
HACER
hicieron
IR
fueron
JUGAR
jugaron
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INFINITIVE
comie-
vivie-
tuvie-
hicie-
fuejuga-
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Step 3 Add one of the endings* from the table below. -RA endings
-SE endings
-ra
-se
-ras
-ses
él/ella/usted
-ra
-se
nosotros/as
-ramos
-semos
vosotros/as
-rais
-seis
ellos/ellas/ustedes
-ran
-sen
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Ed
tú
uc
yo
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*There are two sets of endings in the imperfect subjunctive: -RA and -SE. You can choose from either set of endings for all verbs. You only need to use one set of endings, and the -RA endings are more commonly used. However, it is a good idea to be able to recognise both sets of endings.
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