averiguar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
averiguar — to find out
Commands for averiguar use the 'ü' in formal and plural forms: averigua, averigüe.
averiguar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to go find something out or investigate a situation.
Notes on averiguar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is regular (averigua). The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms require the diaeresis (ü) to keep the 'u' sound before the 'e'.
Example Sentences
Averigua a qué hora abre la tienda.
Find out what time the store opens.
tú
Averigüe usted si hay boletos disponibles.
Find out (formal) if there are tickets available.
usted
Averigüemos qué pasó realmente.
Let's find out what really happened.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: averiguad (for negative)
Correct: no averigüéis
Why: The affirmative command for vosotros is averiguad, but the negative command changes to the subjunctive form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: averiguo
Averiguar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense.
Preterite
yo: averigüé
The preterite of averiguar is mostly regular but requires an 'ü' in the 'yo' form: averigüé.
Imperfect
yo: averiguaba
The imperfect of averiguar is regular: averiguaba, averiguabas, averiguaba...
Future
yo: averiguaré
The future of averiguar is regular: just add the endings to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: averiguaría
The conditional of averiguar is regular: averiguaría, averiguarías...
Present Subjunctive
yo: averigüe
The present subjunctive of averiguar requires a diaeresis (ü) in all forms: averigüe.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: averiguara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person preterite: averiguara.
Negative Imperative
yo: no averigües
All negative commands for averiguar use the present subjunctive and the diaeresis: no averigües.