No. 524 in Spanish
iba
"Iba" is the imperfect tense of "ir," meaning "was going" or "used to go."
In a sentence
Iba a la tienda todos los días cuando era niño.
I used to go to the store every day when I was a child.
The word 'iba' here is the first-person singular imperfect tense of the verb 'ir', denoting a habitual action in the past.
No sabía que iba a llover hoy.
I didn't know it was going to rain today.
In this sentence, 'iba' is used as the first-person singular imperfect tense of 'ir' to construct a periphrastic future tense in the past.
Iba tan rápido que no pude alcanzarlo.
He/She was going so fast that I couldn't catch up.
Here, 'iba' is the third-person singular imperfect tense of 'ir', describing a continuing action in the past.
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