catalogar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
catalogar — to catalog
The imperfect subjunctive of catalogar is regular: catalogara, catalogaras, catalogara, catalogáramos, catalogarais, catalogaran.
catalogar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past requests involving categorization. For example, if you were imagining how you would organize a library in the past.
Notes on catalogar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Catalogar is regular in this tense. It follows the standard pattern based on the third-person plural preterite (catalogaron).
Example Sentences
Si yo catalogara mi ropa, encontraría todo mejor.
If I cataloged my clothes, I would find everything better.
yo
Me pidió que catalogáramos los documentos.
He asked us to catalog the documents.
nosotros
Si catalogaras tus gastos, ahorrarías más.
If you cataloged your expenses, you would save more.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: catalogaramos
Correct: catalogáramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires a written accent on the vowel before the -ramos 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.
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.
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.