morir Imperfect Conjugation
morir — to die
Morir is regular in the imperfect: moría, morías, moría, moríamos, moríais, morían.
morir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a process of dying that was ongoing, or to set the scene in a story (e.g., 'The king was dying when...').
Notes on morir in the Imperfect
Morir is regular in the imperfect. It follows the standard -ir verb pattern with accented 'í' in all endings.
Example Sentences
Mucha gente moría de gripe en esa época.
Many people used to die of the flu in that era.
él/ella/usted
Sentía que me moría de sueño.
I felt like I was dying of sleepiness.
yo
Las hojas morían lentamente en otoño.
The leaves were dying slowly in autumn.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'murió' when you mean 'was dying'.
Correct: moría
Why: The preterite (murió) is for the finished act; the imperfect (moría) is for the ongoing state or background.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: muero
Morir is a radical stem-changer (o to ue) in the present tense, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: morí
Morir is a stem-changer in the preterite, changing o to u in the third-person forms: murió and murieron.
Future
yo: moriré
Morir is completely regular in the future tense: moriré, morirás, morirá, etc.
Conditional
yo: moriría
The conditional of morir is regular: moriría, morirías, moriría, moriríamos, moriríais, morirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: muera
Morir stem-changes to 'muer-' (boot forms) and 'mur-' (nosotros/vosotros) in the present subjunctive.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: muriera
The imperfect subjunctive of morir uses the 'murie-' stem derived from the preterite third-person plural.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: muere
The imperative of morir is rarely used literally, except in poetic or dramatic contexts like 'muere!'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no mueras
The negative imperative of morir uses the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.