clasificar Imperfect Conjugation
clasificar — to classify
The imperfect of clasificar is regular: clasificaba, clasificabas, clasificaba, clasificábamos, clasificabais, clasificaban.
clasificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe how things used to be organized or a process of sorting that was ongoing in the past.
Notes on clasificar in the Imperfect
Clasificar is fully regular in the imperfect, following the standard -aba pattern for -ar verbs.
Example Sentences
Antes, yo clasificaba las fotos en álbumes físicos.
Before, I used to classify photos in physical albums.
yo
Mi abuelo clasificaba sus herramientas con mucho cuidado.
My grandfather used to sort his tools very carefully.
él/ella/usted
Mientras clasificábamos los datos, se fue la luz.
While we were classifying the data, the power went out.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'clasificabamos' without an accent.
Correct: clasificábamos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect for -ar verbs always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: clasifico
Clasificar is completely regular in the present indicative: clasifico, clasificas, clasifica, clasificamos, clasificáis, clasifican.
Preterite
yo: clasifiqué
The preterite of clasificar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'clasifiqué'.
Future
yo: clasificaré
The future tense is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive clasificar.
Conditional
yo: clasificaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive clasificar.
Present Subjunctive
yo: clasifique
The present subjunctive of clasificar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: clasifique, clasifiques, clasifique, clasifiquemos, clasifiquéis, clasifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: clasificara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: clasificara, clasificaras, clasificara, clasificáramos, clasificarais, clasificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: clasifica
The imperative uses 'clasifica' (tú) and 'clasificad' (vosotros), while formal commands use 'clasifique/n'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no clasifiques
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no clasifiques, no clasifique, no clasifiquemos, no clasifiquéis, no clasifiquen.