ver Imperfect Conjugation
ver — to see
Ver is one of only three irregular verbs in the imperfect: veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían.
ver Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe what you 'used to watch' or to set the scene by describing what you 'were seeing' when something else happened.
Notes on ver in the Imperfect
Ver is irregular here because it keeps the 'e' from the infinitive before adding the -ía endings (most -er verbs drop the 'e').
Example Sentences
De niño, veía dibujos animados cada mañana.
As a child, I used to watch cartoons every morning.
yo
Nosotros veíamos el atardecer desde el balcón.
We used to watch the sunset from the balcony.
nosotros
Ella veía a su abuela todos los domingos.
She used to see her grandmother every Sunday.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'vía' instead of 'veía'.
Correct: The correct form is 'veía'.
Why: Learners often forget to keep the 'e' from the stem 've-'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: veo
The present tense of ver is mostly regular, except for the 'yo' form: veo.
Preterite
yo: vi
The preterite of ver is irregular because it has no accent marks: vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron.
Future
yo: veré
The future tense of ver is completely regular: veré, verás, verá, veremos, veréis, verán.
Conditional
yo: vería
The conditional of ver is regular: vería, verías, vería, veríamos, veríais, verían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vea
The present subjunctive of ver stems from 'veo': vea, veas, vea, veamos, veáis, vean.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: viera
The imperfect subjunctive of ver uses the 'viera' stem: viera, vieras, viera, viéramos, vierais, vieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ve
The affirmative imperative of ver is mostly regular: ve, vea, veamos, ved, vean.
Negative Imperative
yo: no veas
The negative imperative of ver uses the present subjunctive: no veas, no vea, no veamos, no veáis, no vean.