gemir Imperfect Conjugation
gemir — to moan
The imperfect of gemir is regular: gemía, gemías, gemía, gemíamos, gemíais, gemían.
gemir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing or habitual moaning in the past, like a ghost that used to moan every night or a patient who was moaning during a long surgery.
Notes on gemir in the Imperfect
Gemir is regular in the imperfect. No stem changes occur here.
Example Sentences
De niño, siempre gemía cuando me daban verduras.
As a child, I always used to groan when they gave me vegetables.
yo
Las bisagras gemían cada vez que abríamos la puerta.
The hinges would groan every time we opened the door.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros gemíamos de cansancio tras la caminata.
We were moaning from exhaustion after the hike.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: gimía
Correct: gemía
Why: Learners often over-apply the e-i stem change to the imperfect, where it doesn't belong.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: gimo
Gemir is an e-i stem changer in the present: gimo, gimes, gime, gemimos, gemís, gimen.
Preterite
yo: gemí
Gemir is a 'slipper verb' in the preterite, changing 'e' to 'i' only in the third-person forms: gimió and gimieron.
Future
yo: gemiré
The future of gemir is regular: gemiré, gemirás, gemirá, gemiremos, gemiréis, gemirán.
Conditional
yo: gemiría
The conditional of gemir is regular: gemiría, gemirías, gemiría, gemiríamos, gemiríais, gemirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: gima
Gemir changes the 'e' to 'i' in all forms of the present subjunctive: gima, gimas, gima, gimamos, gimáis, giman.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: gimiera
Gemir uses the 'gimie-' stem for all imperfect subjunctive forms: gimiera, gimieras, gimiera, gimiéramos, gimierais, gimieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: gime
Commands for gemir use the stem change 'i' except for the vosotros form: gime, gima, gimamos, gemid, giman.
Negative Imperative
yo: no gimas
Negative commands for gemir always use the 'i' stem: no gimas, no gima, no gimamos, no gimáis, no giman.