Elegíais

Elegíais is the second-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb elegir, meaning "you all used to choose" or "you all were choosing." The imperfect tense describes past actions that were habitual, ongoing, or not explicitly bounded in time.

Morphology and usage: The form is built from the stem eleg- plus the imperfect endings, with the regular ending for vosotros, -íais. The accent on the í marks the stress: elegíais. This form is part of the vosotros paradigm and is standard in Spanish varieties that use the vosotros form.

Regional variations: In Spain, elegíais is common in the second-person plural. In most Latin American dialects, where vosostros is not used, the equivalent meaning is conveyed with ustedes + imperfect: elegían. Both express past habitual or ongoing action of choosing, depending on context.

Examples:

- Cuando erais jóvenes, elegíais a vuestros representantes cada año.

- En las reuniones, vosotros elegíais a los delegados de cada comisión.

See also: elegir, conjugation of irregular verbs in the imperfect, voseo and usage of vosotros and ustedes in different dialects.