| The imperfect tense (imperfetto) is formed by adding the same endings to all three conjugations. The only difference is the typical vowel of the infinitive. For details, see the table below. CONJUGATING VERBS IN THE IMPERFECT | PRONOUN | PARLARE | VEDERE | DORMIRE | io | parlavo | vedevo | dormivo | tu | parlavi | vedevi | dormivi | lui/lei/Lei | parlava | vedeva | dormiva | noi | parlavamo | vedevamo | dormivamo | voi | parlavate | vedevate | dormivate | loro/Loro | parlavano | vedevano | dormivano |
The imperfect is much more frequently used in Italian than in English. It expresses the English "used to" and is used to describe actions or conditions that lasted an indefinite time in the past. It | 
