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3 Not many verbs are irregular in the imperfect. Essere  is one: 

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Like the present, the imperfect of essere  can be used with the pronoun ci  (see Unit 4): c’era  (there was), c’erano  (there were). 

Other irregular verbs are bere , dire  and fare : 

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