catalogar Imperfect Conjugation
catalogar — to catalog
The imperfect of catalogar is regular: catalogaba, catalogabas, catalogaba, catalogábamos, catalogabais, catalogaban.
catalogar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe a past habit of organizing things or an ongoing process of cataloging that was interrupted.
Notes on catalogar in the Imperfect
Catalogar is fully regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs use the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
Mi abuelo catalogaba sus sellos cada domingo.
My grandfather used to catalog his stamps every Sunday.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros catalogábamos las fotos cuando se fue la luz.
We were cataloging the photos when the power went out.
nosotros
Tú catalogabas todo con mucho cuidado.
You used to catalog everything with a lot of care.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: catalogaba-mos
Correct: catalogábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect for -ar verbs always needs an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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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.
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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cataloga
The imperative of catalogar uses regular forms for 'tú' (cataloga) and spelling changes for others (catalogue, cataloguen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no catalogues
The negative imperative of catalogar uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no' and a 'gu' spelling change.