reconstruir Imperfect Conjugation
reconstruir — to rebuild
Reconstruir is regular in the imperfect: reconstruía, reconstruías, reconstruía, reconstruíamos, reconstruíais, reconstruían.
reconstruir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe the ongoing, background process of rebuilding in the past, or how things used to be reconstructed habitually.
Notes on reconstruir in the Imperfect
This tense is completely regular for -ir verbs. Just remember the written accent on the 'í' for every single ending.
Example Sentences
En esa época, reconstruían la catedral.
At that time, they were rebuilding the cathedral.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo reconstruía maquetas de barcos cuando era niño.
I used to rebuild model ships when I was a child.
yo
Nosotros reconstruíamos la cerca cada verano.
We used to rebuild the fence every summer.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: reconstruia
Correct: reconstruía
Why: All imperfect endings for -er and -ir verbs require an accent on the 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: reconstruyo
Reconstruir adds a 'y' before endings in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: reconstruyo, reconstruyes, reconstruye, reconstruyen.
Preterite
yo: reconstruí
The preterite features a 'y' in the third-person forms and accents on almost all endings: reconstruí, reconstruyó, reconstruyeron.
Future
yo: reconstruiré
The future tense is regular: add the endings to the full infinitive (reconstruiré, reconstruirás, etc.).
Conditional
yo: reconstruiría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: reconstruya
The present subjunctive uses the 'y' stem from the 'yo' form: reconstruya, reconstruyas, reconstruya...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: reconstruyera
The imperfect subjunctive is based on the preterite 'ellos' form: reconstruyera, reconstruyeras, reconstruyera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: reconstruye
Use 'reconstruye' (tú) or 'reconstruya' (usted) to give direct orders to fix or restore something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no reconstruyas
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms: no reconstruyas, no reconstruya.