¿Cuántos verbos irregulares hay en el imperfecto?

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Tres: ir, ser y ver. The correct answer is "tres: ir, ser y ver" because these are the only three verbs with irregular imperfect conjugations. Ir: iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban. Ser: era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran. Ver: veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían.

"Ninguno, todos son regulares" is incorrect because ir, ser, and ver do not follow the standard -aba or -ía patterns. "Más de diez" greatly overestimates  -  the imperfect is one of the most regular tenses in Spanish with only three exceptions. "Solo uno: ser" underestimates; while "ser" is the most commonly recognized irregular imperfect verb, "ir" and "ver" are also irregular.

The imperfect tense is one of the easiest to learn because of its extreme regularity, making it a favorable topic on the CLEP Spanish with Writing Level 1 exam. All -ar verbs use -aba endings (hablaba, hablabas, hablaba, hablábamos, hablabais, hablaban), and all -er/-ir verbs use -ía endings (comía, vivía). The three irregular verbs must simply be memorized.

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