incluir Imperfect Conjugation
incluir — to include
The imperfect of incluir is regular: incluía, incluías, incluía, incluíamos, incluíais, incluían.
incluir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe what used to be included in a recurring service or to describe the contents of something in the past.
Notes on incluir in the Imperfect
Incluir is regular in the imperfect. All forms have an accent on the 'í'.
Example Sentences
Antes, el menú incluía la bebida.
Before, the menu used to include the drink.
él/ella/usted
Siempre incluíamos a los vecinos en la fiesta.
We always included the neighbors in the party.
nosotros
Las cartas incluían fotos antiguas.
The letters included old photos.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: incluia
Correct: incluía
Why: All -ir verbs in the imperfect must have an accent on the 'i' to separate the vowels.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: incluyo
The present tense of incluir is irregular, adding a 'y' before endings: incluyo, incluyes, incluye, incluyen.
Preterite
yo: incluí
In the preterite, incluir changes 'i' to 'y' in the third-person forms: incluyó and incluyeron.
Future
yo: incluiré
The future tense of incluir is regular: incluiré, incluirás, incluirá, incluiremos, incluiréis, incluirán.
Conditional
yo: incluiría
The conditional of incluir is regular: incluiría, incluirías, incluiría, incluiríamos, incluiríais, incluirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: incluya
The present subjunctive of incluir uses the 'y' stem: incluya, incluyas, incluya, incluyamos, incluyáis, incluyan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: incluyera
The imperfect subjunctive of incluir uses the 'y' from the preterite: incluyera, incluyeras, incluyera, incluyéramos...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: incluye
Give commands to include something: incluye (tú), incluya (usted), incluyamos (nosotros), incluyan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no incluyas
To tell someone NOT to include something: no incluyas (tú), no incluya (usted), no incluyan (ustedes).