adjudicar Negative Imperative Conjugation
adjudicar — to award
Negative commands use 'qu' throughout: no adjudiques, no adjudique, no adjudiquemos, no adjudiquéis, no adjudiquen.
adjudicar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to award a contract or NOT to attribute a specific quality to someone.
Notes on adjudicar in the Negative Imperative
Since all negative commands use the present subjunctive, they all feature the 'c' to 'qu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
No me adjudiques motivos que no tengo.
Don't attribute motives to me that I don't have.
tú
No adjudiquen la obra todavía.
Don't award the construction work yet.
ustedes
No adjudiquemos el contrato sin revisarlo.
Let's not award the contract without reviewing it.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'no adjudica' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no adjudiques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, never the indicative 'tú' form.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: adjudica
Commands for adjudicar: adjudica (tú), adjudique (usted), adjudiquemos (nosotros), adjudicad (vosotros), adjudiquen (ustedes).