Spanish/Tenses/Indicative/Simple/Imperfect

	-AR			-ER / -IR
	conjugation	example	translation	conjugation	example	translation
	-AR	hablar	to speak	-ER / -IR	comer	to eat
Yo	stem+aba	hablaba	I spoke	stem+ía	comía	I ate
Tú	stem+abas	hablabas	You spoke	stem+ías	comías	You ate
Él	stem+aba	hablaba	He spoke	stem+ía	comía	He ate
Nosotros	stem+ábamos	hablábamos	We spoke	stem+íamos	comíamos	We ate
Vosotros	stem+abais	hablabais	You all spoke	stem+íais	comíais	You all ate
Ellos	stem+aban	hablaban	They spoke	stem+ían	comían	They ate

Some things to note:

1. The -ER and -IR verbs take exactly the same endings, just as they did in the preterite.
2. There are only three irregular verbs (ser, ver, and ir) in this tense, making it by far the easiest tense to learn.
3. The only difficulty with this tense arises because the yo and él forms are conjugated exactly the same (-aba and -ía). Although Spanish is a pro-drop language (meaning subject pronouns are usually excluded), it is often a good idea to include subject pronouns in these cases for clarity.