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I can say in Spanish,

Yo jugaba al tenis cuando tenía 8 años,

which means

I used to play tennis when I was 8 years old.

I could also ask,

¿Jugabas tú al tenis cuando tenías 8 años?

whose English counterpart is

Did you play tennis when you were 8 years old?

Sometimes I get stuck, though, since it's hard to ask

Did you use to play tennis ...

Is there a real way to ask a question in the imperfect using the "used to" form of the imperfect?

Simon Kuang
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    Yes, there is, but it's only spoken. As you point out, use to and used to are pronounced identically, so there's no problem with saying it. But there's no accepted way to spell it. Did you use to looks funny, and Did you used to looks ungrammatical. The fact that they're pronounced the same is lost on those who believe the written language is the principal source, so they have lots of trouble. But native speakers just go on talking; mostly they can't spell, anyway. – John Lawler Jul 07 '13 at 22:50
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    @Johnlawler Did you use to only looks funny to them because they don't read anything written before ten o'clock this morning. Maybe they can't ... – StoneyB on hiatus Jul 07 '13 at 23:01
  • Related: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16480/what-is-the-question-form-of-used-to-do –  Jul 08 '13 at 00:27

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