clasificar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
clasificar — to classify
The present subjunctive of clasificar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: clasifique, clasifiques, clasifique, clasifiquemos, clasifiquéis, clasifiquen.
clasificar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this tense when expressing a wish, doubt, or recommendation about how someone should organize or categorize something, or after phrases like 'es necesario que'.
Notes on clasificar in the Present Subjunctive
To keep the 'k' sound of the infinitive before an 'e', the 'c' changes to 'qu'. This is a standard orthographic change for -ar verbs ending in -car.
Example Sentences
Espero que clasifiques los documentos por fecha.
I hope you classify the documents by date.
tú
Es necesario que clasifiquemos estas muestras hoy.
It is necessary that we classify these samples today.
nosotros
Dudo que ellos clasifiquen para la final.
I doubt that they will qualify (classify) for the final.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'clasifice' instead of 'clasifique'.
Correct: clasifique
Why: In Spanish, 'ce' sounds like 'se/the', so you must use 'que' to maintain the hard 'k' sound from 'clasificar'.
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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.
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.