emerger Imperfect Conjugation
emerger — to emerge
The imperfect of emerger is regular: emergía, emergías, emergía, emergíamos, emergíais, emergían.
emerger Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe something that was slowly coming out of the water or a recurring situation where something used to appear.
Notes on emerger in the Imperfect
Emerger is regular in the imperfect. All -er verbs in the imperfect use the -ía endings.
Example Sentences
El sol emergía lentamente por el horizonte.
The sun was emerging slowly over the horizon.
él/ella/usted
Siempre emergían dudas después de sus charlas.
Doubts always used to emerge after his talks.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'í'.
Correct: emergía, emergíamos, etc.
Why: All -er/-ir imperfect endings require an accent on the 'i' to maintain the correct stress.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: emerjo
The present of emerger is mostly regular, but the 'yo' form changes to 'emerjo' to keep the soft 'j' sound.
Preterite
yo: emergí
The preterite of emerger is completely regular: emergí, emergiste, emergió, emergimos, emergisteis, emergieron.
Future
yo: emergeré
The future of emerger is regular: emergeré, emergerás, emergerá, emergeremos, emergeréis, emergerán.
Conditional
yo: emergería
The conditional of emerger is regular: emergería, emergerías, emergería, emergeríamos, emergeríais, emergerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: emerja
The present subjunctive uses a 'j' in all forms: emerja, emerjas, emerja, emerjamos, emerjáis, emerjan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: emergiera
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: emergiera, emergieras, emergiera, emergiéramos, emergierais, emergieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: emerge
Commands use 'emerge' (tú) and 'emerja' (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no emerjas
Negative commands always use the 'j': no emerjas, no emerja, no emerjamos, no emerjáis, no emerjan.