Which form is the imperfect tense for 'we used to eat'?

Which form is the imperfect tense for 'we used to eat'?

• A. Tú comías
• B. Uds. comían
• C. Vosotros comíais
• D. Nosotros comíamos

Answer: (D)

Imperfect tense expresses past actions that were habitual or ongoing. For regular -er verbs like comer, the endings in the imperfect are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían after the stem. The stem for comer is com-, so the forms are comía, comías, comía, comíamos, comíais, comían. The form for nosotros (we) is comíamos, which means “we used to eat” or “we were eating” in a habitual sense. The other forms shown correspond to different subjects: tú comías is you (singular) used to eat; Uds. comían is you all/they used to eat; vosotros comíais is you all (informal plural in Spain) used to eat. So the appropriate form for “we used to eat” is comíamos.

Imperfect tense expresses past actions that were habitual or ongoing. For regular -er verbs like comer, the endings in the imperfect are -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían after the stem. The stem for comer is com-, so the forms are comía, comías, comía, comíamos, comíais, comían. The form for nosotros (we) is comíamos, which means “we used to eat” or “we were eating” in a habitual sense. The other forms shown correspond to different subjects: tú comías is you (singular) used to eat; Uds. comían is you all/they used to eat; vosotros comíais is you all (informal plural in Spain) used to eat. So the appropriate form for “we used to eat” is comíamos.