What does 'ibamos' translate as?
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Would that be 'we used to go' or 'we used to run'? Thank you for your help.
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updated Jul 18, 2015
posted by Lise-Laroche
We were going, I think. - rac1, Jul 18, 2015
look in your verb book , and make sure that your spelling is "ibamos" and not "ííbamos " - ray76, Jul 18, 2015
Where do you see, "ííbamos", Raymon? - rac1, Jul 18, 2015
I'm sure Ray meant to type "íbamos" - Jack-OBrien, Jul 18, 2015
He did type, "íbamos"...... and "ííbamos"... - rac1, Jul 18, 2015
In his comment, he typed "ibamos" without the stressed 'i'. Sorry if I misunderstood. - Jack-OBrien, Jul 18, 2015
Yes, You're right, he did. I was asking him about, "ííbamos". - rac1, Jul 18, 2015
Yes Jack i meant the stressed ( í ) - ray76, Jul 18, 2015
I know what you meant, Ray. I was referring to your spelling, "ííbamos", with 2 i's. Do you see? - rac1, Jul 18, 2015
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It means 'we were going' or 'we used to go' - it's the imperfect tense of ir.
The verb to run is 'correr'. And 'we were running' or 'we used to run' would be corríamos.
The regular imperfect endings are -aba for -ar verbs (hablaba, hablabas, hablaba, hablábamos, hablabais, hablaban) and -ía for -er and -ir verbs (corría, corrías, corría, corríamos, corríais, corrían etc) but 'ir' is irregular (iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban).
updated Jul 18, 2015
posted by Kiwi-Girl
:) - Daniela2041, Jul 18, 2015
:) finally sorted that out amigas. :) - ian-hill, Jul 18, 2015
That was what I thought it meant when I posted my comment at the beginning. - rac1, Jul 18, 2015
That is what I thought too. It's just that I saw that on a Spanish app. and I thought it sounded strange. - Lise-Laroche, Jul 18, 2015
Thank you all for responding. - Lise-Laroche, Jul 18, 2015
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We are going to........(do something...whatever it is ibamos comprarlo) we are going to buy it.
updated Jul 18, 2015
posted by Chucho_
Welcome to SpanishDict. Please take a moment and complete your SD profile as it relates to language. Thanks. - rac1, Jul 18, 2015
íbamos carries a stressed "i". Also not "we are going" but "we were going". - Jack-OBrien, Jul 18, 2015
Thanks Jack that is what i meant. - ray76, Jul 18, 2015
