The imperfect subjunctive: hacer (to do, to make) and venir (to come)
Reminder: the imperfect subjunctive has two different forms for each verb.
No pienso que hablara/hablase más de la cuenta.
I don't think he said more than he should have.
The verbs hacer and venir are irregular in the imperfect subjunctive and are conjugated as follows:
Hacer
Yo hiciera / hiciese
Tú hicieras / hicieses
Él/ella/usted hiciera / hiciese
Nosotros/as hiciéramos / hiciésemos
Vosotros/as hicierais / hicieseis
Ellos/ellas/ustedes hicieran / hiciesen
Venir
Yo viniera / viniese
Tú vinieras / vinieses
Él/ella/usted viniera / viniese
Nosotros/as viniéramos / viniésemos
Vosotros/as vinierais / vinieseis
Ellos/ellas/ustedes vinieran / viniesen
Ojalá hiciera/hiciese buen tiempo.
I wish the weather was nice.
Me gustaría que vinieras/vinieses.
I would like you to come.
Verbs that are derivatives of hacer (deshacer, rehacer, etc.) and venir (prevenir, intervenir, convenir, etc.) follow the same conjugation.
Nos pidieron que rehiciéramos/rehiciésemos el documento.
We were asked to redo the document.
Aunque los invitaras, no creo que vinieran/viniesen.
Even if you invite them, I don't think they will come.
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