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216 Lección 6 The past subjunctive is also referred to as the imperfect subjunctive ( el imperfecto del subjuntivo ). The nosotros/as form of the past subjunctive always takes a written accent. ¡ATENCIÓN! See 2.1 , pp. 56–57, for the preterite forms of regular, irregular, and stem-changing verbs. TALLER DE CONSULTA 6.2 The past subjunctive Forms of the past subjunctive • The past subjunctive ( el pretérito imperfecto del subjuntivo ) of all verbs is formed by dropping the –ron ending from the ustedes/ellos/ellas form of the preterite and adding the past subjunctive endings. ESTRUCTURAS The past subjunctive caminar (caminaron) caminara caminaras caminara camináramos caminarais caminaran perder (perdieron) perdiera perdieras perdiera perdiéramos perdierais perdieran vivir (vivieron) viviera vivieras viviera viviéramos vivierais vivieran Queríamos que el gobierno respetara los derechos humanos. We wanted the government to respect human rights. Me pareció increíble que los liberales perdieran las elecciones. It seemed unbelievable to me that the liberals lost the election. Nos sorprendió que el abogado no supiera cómo reaccionar ante la amenaza. It surprised us that the lawyer did not know how to react to the threat. • Verbs that have stem changes or irregularities in the ustedes/ellos/ellas form of the preterite have those same irregularities in all forms of the past subjunctive. infinitive preterite form past subjunctive forms pedir pidieron pidiera, pidieras, pidiera, pidiéramos, pidierais, pidieran sentir sintieron sintiera, sintieras, sintiera, sintiéramos, sintierais, sintieran dormir durmieron durmiera, durmieras, durmiera, durmiéramos, durmierais, durmieran influir influyeron influyera, influyeras, influyera, influyéramos, influyerais, influyeran saber supieron supiera, supieras, supiera, supiéramos, supierais, supieran ir/ser fueron fuera, fueras, fuera, fuéramos, fuerais, fueran • In Spain and other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, the past subjunctive is also used with an alternate set of endings: –se, –ses, –se, –semos, –seis, –sen . You will also see these forms in literary texts. Marcos me pidió que fuera/fuese con él al tribunal. Marcos asked me to go with him to court. Nadie creyó que estuviéramos/estuviésemos entre los manifestantes. No one believed that we were among the demonstrators. Tutorial Objetivo comunicativo: Hablar sobre la niñez