For example, how would you say "He used to come here every evening."? Would you say "Is hic venit quemque vesperem." or "Is hic veniebat quemque vesperem."? Or maybe something else?
I am asking because, in Croatian, to talk about events that occur regularly, you use continuous tenses, whereas, in English, you use simple tenses for that. So, how is it in Latin?
To talk about repetitive past events (that used to occur regularly), do you use perfect or imperfect tense?
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Re: To talk about repetitive past events (that used to occur regularly), do you use perfect or imperfect tense?
You use the imperfect. See here https://dcc.dickinson.edu/grammar/latin/imperfect-tense
Persuade tibi hoc sic esse, ut scribo: quaedam tempora eripiuntur nobis, quaedam subducuntur, quaedam effluunt. Turpissima tamen est iactura, quae per neglegentiam fit. Et si volueris attendere, maxima pars vitae elabitur male agentibus, magna nihil agentibus, tota vita aliud agentibus.