adjudicar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
adjudicar — to award
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: adjudicara, adjudicaras, adjudicara, adjudicáramos, adjudicarais, adjudicaran.
adjudicar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for past doubts or hypothetical 'if' scenarios regarding the awarding of something.
Notes on adjudicar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular. It is built from the third-person plural preterite (adjudicaron), so the 'c' remains because it is followed by 'a'.
Example Sentences
Si me adjudicaran el contrato, compraría un coche.
If they awarded me the contract, I would buy a car.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Dudaba que le adjudicara la medalla.
I doubted that he would award him the medal.
él/ella/usted
Si tú adjudicaras los premios, todo sería más justo.
If you were the one to award the prizes, everything would be fairer.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'adjudiquera'.
Correct: adjudicara
Why: There is no 'qu' here because the vowel following the 'c' is an 'a', which already produces the hard 'k' sound.
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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.
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.