Two irregular
verbs you will frequently come across are ‘esse’, ‘to be’, and ‘ire’, ‘to go’. It is well worth learning their imperfect forms.
The imperfect tense of sum, esse, fui, -, ‘to be’ is formed as follows:
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| eram | I was |
| eras | you were |
| erat | he/she/it was |
| eramus | we were |
| eratis | you were |
| erant | they were |
The imperfect tense of eo, ire, ivi, itum ‘to go’ is formed as follows:
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| ibam | I was going, I used to go |
| ibas | you were going, you used to go |
| ibat | he/she/it was going, he/she/it used to go |
| ibamus | we were going, we used to go |
| ibatis | you were going, you used to go |
| ibant | they were going, they used to go |
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