cocer Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
cocer — to boil
The imperfect subjunctive uses the preterite stem: cociera, cocieras, cociera, cociéramos, cocierais, cocieran.
cocer Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for 'if' clauses (hypotheticals) or when a past request was made about boiling something.
Notes on cocer in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is based on the 3rd person plural of the preterite (cocieron). It is regular in its formation from that stem.
Example Sentences
Si cocieras la verdura menos tiempo, estaría más rica.
If you boiled the vegetables for less time, they would be tastier.
tú
Me pidió que cociera los huevos.
He asked me to boil the eggs.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cueciera
Correct: cociera
Why: There is no 'ue' stem change in any past tense form of cocer.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cuezo
Cocer is a stem-changing verb (o to ue) with a spelling change in the 'yo' form (z instead of c).
Preterite
yo: cocí
Cocer is regular in the preterite: cocí, cociste, coció, cocimos, cocisteis, cocieron.
Imperfect
yo: cocía
The imperfect of cocer is regular: cocía, cocías, cocía, cocíamos, cocíais, cocían.
Future
yo: coceré
The future of cocer is regular: coceré, cocerás, cocerá, coceremos, coceréis, cocerán.
Conditional
yo: cocería
The conditional of cocer is regular: cocería, cocerías, cocería, coceríamos, coceríais, cocerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cueza
The present subjunctive follows the 'yo' form change: cueza, cuezas, cueza, cozamos, cozáis, cuezan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cuece
The imperative uses 'cuece' for tú and 'cueza/n' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuezas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no cuezas, no cueza, no cozamos, no cozáis, no cuezan.