catalogar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
catalogar — to catalog
The imperative of catalogar uses regular forms for 'tú' (cataloga) and spelling changes for others (catalogue, cataloguen).
catalogar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders or instructions to someone to start organizing or classifying items.
Notes on catalogar in the Affirmative Imperative
The forms for 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' use the spelling change 'g' to 'gu' (catalogue, cataloguemos, cataloguen) because they are borrowed from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Cataloga estos libros antes de irte.
Catalog these books before leaving.
tú
Catalogue el inventario, por favor.
Catalog the inventory, please.
usted
Catalogad las muestras ahora mismo.
Catalog the samples right now.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cataloge (for usted)
Correct: catalogue
Why: Again, the spelling change is necessary to keep the hard 'g' sound in formal commands.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: catalogo
The present tense of catalogar is regular: catalogo, catalogas, cataloga, catalogamos, catalogáis, catalogan.
Preterite
yo: catalogué
The preterite of catalogar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: catalogué, catalogaste, catalogó, catalogamos, catalogasteis, catalogaron.
Imperfect
yo: catalogaba
The imperfect of catalogar is regular: catalogaba, catalogabas, catalogaba, catalogábamos, catalogabais, catalogaban.
Future
yo: catalogaré
The future of catalogar is regular: catalogaré, catalogarás, catalogará, catalogaremos, catalogaréis, catalogarán.
Conditional
yo: catalogaría
The conditional of catalogar is regular: catalogaría, catalogarías, catalogaría, catalogaríamos, catalogaríais, catalogarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: catalogué
The present subjunctive of catalogar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu': catalogue, catalogues, catalogue, cataloguemos, cataloguéis, cataloguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: catalogara
The imperfect subjunctive of catalogar is regular: catalogara, catalogaras, catalogara, catalogáramos, catalogarais, catalogaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no catalogues
The negative imperative of catalogar uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no' and a 'gu' spelling change.