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Imperfect Subjunctive

There are two complete sets of conjugations for the Spanish imperfect subjunctive.
The -RA set of conjugations is more colloquial than the -SE set.

	compr	ar	beb	er	viv	ir
yo tú él/ella/Ud. nosotros, -as vosotros, -as ellos/ellas/Uds.	compr compr compr compr compr compr	ara aras ara áramos arais aran	beb beb beb beb beb beb	iera ieras iera iéramos ierais ieran	viv viv viv viv viv viv	iera ieras iera iéramos ierais ieran

yo tú él/ella/Ud. nosotros, -as vosotros, -as ellos/ellas/Uds.	compr compr compr compr compr compr	ase ases ase ásemos aseis asen	beb beb beb beb beb beb	iese ieses iese iésemos ieseis iesen	viv viv viv viv viv viv	iese ieses iese iésemos ieseis iesen

Uses

The imperfect subjunctive mood is used in hypothetical situations. Eg:

Si ganara la lotería, iría a las Bahamas
If I won the lottery, I would go to the Bahamas

Si yo fuera tú, haría más deporte
If I were you, I would do more sport

The imperfect subjunctive is also used in those cases in which the subjunctive is required but the verb of the main clause is in the past tense or conditional. Eg:

Llegamos antes de que saliera el tren
We arrived before the train left

Sería major que te callases
It would be better if you kept quiet

Me habría gustado que vinierais a la fiesta
I would have liked that you had come to the party