adjudicar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
adjudicar — to award
Commands for adjudicar: adjudica (tú), adjudique (usted), adjudiquemos (nosotros), adjudicad (vosotros), adjudiquen (ustedes).
adjudicar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to order someone to award a contract or assign a specific task.
Notes on adjudicar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' and 'vosotros' forms are regular. The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
¡Adjudica el premio ahora mismo!
Award the prize right now!
tú
Por favor, adjudique la herencia según la ley.
Please, award the inheritance according to the law.
usted
Adjudiquemos las tareas antes de salir.
Let's assign the tasks before leaving.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'adjudica' for the 'usted' command.
Correct: adjudique
Why: Formal commands (usted) always use the subjunctive form, which requires the 'qu' change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: adjudico
The present tense of adjudicar is regular: adjudico, adjudicas, adjudica, adjudicamos, adjudicáis, adjudican.
Preterite
yo: adjudiqué
The preterite has a spelling change in the first person: adjudiqué, adjudicaste, adjudicó, adjudicamos, adjudicasteis, adjudicaron.
Imperfect
yo: adjudicaba
The imperfect of adjudicar is regular: adjudicaba, adjudicabas, adjudicaba, adjudicábamos, adjudicabais, adjudicaban.
Future
yo: adjudicaré
The future of adjudicar is regular: adjudicaré, adjudicarás, adjudicará, adjudicaremos, adjudicaréis, adjudicarán.
Conditional
yo: adjudicaría
The conditional of adjudicar is regular: adjudicaría, adjudicarías, adjudicaría, adjudicaríamos, adjudicaríais, adjudicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: adjudique
The present subjunctive uses 'qu' in all forms: adjudique, adjudiques, adjudique, adjudiquemos, adjudiquéis, adjudiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: adjudicara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: adjudicara, adjudicaras, adjudicara, adjudicáramos, adjudicarais, adjudicaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no adjudiques
Negative commands use 'qu' throughout: no adjudiques, no adjudique, no adjudiquemos, no adjudiquéis, no adjudiquen.