Escogía

Escogía is the imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb escoger. The verb escoger generally means "to choose," "to select," or "to pick." As an imperfect tense form, escogía describes a past action that was ongoing, habitual, or repeated. It conveys a sense of something that used to happen or was happening over a period of time in the past, without a specific beginning or end. For example, "Ella escogía flores del jardín cada mañana" translates to "She used to choose flowers from the garden every morning," indicating a regular past activity. It can also describe an action in progress when another event occurred, such as "Mientras él escogía un libro, sonó el teléfono," meaning "While he was choosing a book, the phone rang." The imperfect tense contrasts with the preterite tense, which describes a completed action in the past. Therefore, "ella escogió flores" would imply she chose flowers on a single, completed occasion. The conjugation of escoger in the imperfect indicative for all persons is: yo escogía, tú escogías, él/ella/usted escogía, nosotros/nosotras escogíamos, vosotros/vosotras escogíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes escogían.