The imperfect tense conjugation of “tener” in Spanish is used to express ongoing actions, habitual actions, and descriptions of past states. It is formed by adding the following endings to the stem “ten”: -ía for yo, -ías for tú, -ía for él/ella/usted, -íamos for nosotros/nosotras, -íais for vosotros/vosotras, and -ían for ellos/ellas/ustedes. For example, “Yo tenía” (I had), “Nosotros teníamos” (We had), “Ellos tenían” (They had).
