confirmar Imperfect Conjugation
confirmar — to confirm
Past continuous/habitual actions: confirmaba, confirmabas, confirmaba, confirmábamos, confirmabais, confirmaban.
confirmar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect tense for ongoing actions in the past, habitual actions, or descriptions. For 'confirmar', it could describe a past routine like 'I used to confirm my tickets every month' or set the scene 'He was confirming the details when the phone rang'.
Notes on confirmar in the Imperfect
Confirmar is regular in the imperfect indicative. The stem is 'confirmab-' and the standard imperfect endings are used.
Example Sentences
Yo confirmaba mi asistencia cada mes.
I used to confirm my attendance every month.
yo
Tú confirmabas los horarios por teléfono.
You used to confirm the schedules by phone.
tú
Él confirmaba los datos mientras hablaba.
He was confirming the data while he spoke.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros confirmábamos la reserva antes de ir.
We used to confirm the reservation before going.
nosotros
Ellos confirmaban todo por escrito.
They used to confirm everything in writing.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the imperfect instead of the preterite for a single completed action.
Correct: If the confirmation was a one-time event, use 'confirmó' (preterite), not 'confirmaba' (imperfect).
Why: The imperfect describes ongoing or habitual past actions, while the preterite describes completed ones.
Mistake: Incorrect 'vosotros' form.
Correct: The correct form is 'confirmabais'.
Why: The '-abais' ending is the standard for the 'vosotros' imperfect indicative for -ar verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: confirmo
Present tense for habits, facts, or actions now: confirmo, confirmas, confirma, confirmamos, confirmáis, confirman.
Preterite
yo: confirmé
Completed past actions: confirmé, confirmaste, confirmó, confirmamos, confirmasteis, confirmaron.
Future
yo: confirmaré
Future actions: confirmaré, confirmarás, confirmará, confirmaremos, confirmaréis, confirmarán.
Conditional
yo: confirmaría
Hypotheticals, polite requests: confirmaría, confirmarías, confirmaría, confirmaríamos, confirmaríais, confirmarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: confirme
Present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions: confirme, confirmes, confirme, confirmemos, confirméis, confirmen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: confirmara
Past subjunctive for hypotheticals and wishes: confirmara, confirmaras, confirmara, confirmáramos, confirmarais, confirmaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: confirma
Commands: confirma (tú), confirme (usted), confirmemos (nosotros), confirmen (ustedes), confirmad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no confirmes
Negative commands: no confirmes (tú), no confirme (usted), no confirmemos (nosotros), no confirmen (ustedes), no confirméis (vosotros).