Vivíais

Vivíais is a Spanish verb form: it is the second-person plural of vivir in the imperfect indicative. It corresponds to “you were living” or “you used to live” in English and is used when the subject is vosotros in the past. The form is built by taking the stem viv- and adding the imperfect ending -íais; the accent on the í indicates the stressed syllable.

This tense is characteristic of Spanish spoken in Spain, where the pronoun vosotros is common. In most of Latin America, where ustedes is used instead of vosotros, the corresponding imperfect with ustedes is vivían, so vivíais may sound dialectal outside Spain. The form can appear in literary or regional speech to refer specifically to a group addressed as vosotros.

Usage notes:

- The imperfect describes ongoing past actions, habitual past actions, or states without a defined end in the past.

- When using vosotros as the subject, vivíais expresses continuity or repetition in the past.

Ejemplos:

- En aquella época, vosotros vivíais cerca del puerto.

- Antes de mudarnos, vivíais en ese barrio y dedicabais más tiempo a la familia.

- No vivíais allí desde hacía años y pensabais volver en verano.

Relacionado:

- Variantes con otros sujetos: vivía (él/ella), vivían (ellos/ellas), vivíamos (nosotros), vivíais (vosotros).

- En telenovelas o textos antiguos, vivíais puede emplearse para mantener un tono arcaico o regional.