clasificar Negative Imperative Conjugation
clasificar — to classify
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no clasifiques, no clasifique, no clasifiquemos, no clasifiquéis, no clasifiquen.
clasificar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to organize or qualify things in a certain way.
Notes on clasificar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'qu' spelling change to maintain the hard 'k' sound of the root verb.
Example Sentences
No clasifiques los libros todavía.
Don't classify the books yet.
tú
No clasifique la información sin permiso.
Don't classify the information without permission.
No clasifiquéis las cajas al azar.
Don't sort (you all) the boxes randomly.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no clasifica' for a negative tú command.
Correct: no clasifiques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, never the indicative form.
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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'.
Imperfect
yo: clasificaba
The imperfect of clasificar is regular: clasificaba, clasificabas, clasificaba, clasificábamos, clasificabais, clasificaban.
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'.