adjudicar Imperfect Conjugation
adjudicar — to award
The imperfect of adjudicar is regular: adjudicaba, adjudicabas, adjudicaba, adjudicábamos, adjudicabais, adjudicaban.
adjudicar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a past process of awarding that was ongoing, or to talk about how prizes used to be distributed in the past.
Notes on adjudicar in the Imperfect
Adjudicar is regular in the imperfect. Remember the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Example Sentences
Antes, el gobierno adjudicaba los terrenos directamente.
Before, the government used to award the lands directly.
él/ella/usted
Mientras adjudicábamos las becas, llegó el director.
While we were awarding the scholarships, the director arrived.
nosotros
Las empresas adjudicaban los puestos por antigüedad.
Companies used to assign positions based on seniority.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent in 'adjudicábamos'.
Correct: adjudicábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the first 'a' of the 'nosotros' ending.
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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.
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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: adjudica
Commands for adjudicar: adjudica (tú), adjudique (usted), adjudiquemos (nosotros), adjudicad (vosotros), adjudiquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no adjudiques
Negative commands use 'qu' throughout: no adjudiques, no adjudique, no adjudiquemos, no adjudiquéis, no adjudiquen.