codificar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
codificar — to code
The present subjunctive of codificar requires a spelling change to 'qu' in all forms: codifique, codifiques, codifique, codifiquemos, codifiquéis, codifiquen.
codificar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this tense when expressing a wish, doubt, or suggestion about how someone codes something, or after phrases like 'es necesario que' or 'quiero que'.
Notes on codificar in the Present Subjunctive
To keep the 'k' sound of the infinitive, the 'c' changes to 'qu' before the 'e' endings. This is a standard orthographic change for -ar verbs ending in -car.
Example Sentences
Espero que codifiques el programa hoy.
I hope you code the program today.
tú
Es importante que codifiquemos los datos correctamente.
It is important that we code the data correctly.
nosotros
Dudo que ellos codifiquen la información a tiempo.
I doubt that they will code the information on time.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: codifice
Correct: codifique
Why: In Spanish, 'ce' sounds like 'se' or 'the'. To keep the hard 'k' sound from codificar, you must use 'que'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: codifico
The present tense of codificar is completely regular: codifico, codificas, codifica, codificamos, codificáis, codifican.
Preterite
yo: codifiqué
The preterite of codificar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: codifiqué.
Imperfect
yo: codificaba
The imperfect of codificar is regular: codificaba, codificabas, codificaba, codificábamos, codificabais, codificaban.
Future
yo: codificaré
The future of codificar is regular: codificaré, codificarás, codificará, codificaremos, codificaréis, codificarán.
Conditional
yo: codificaría
The conditional of codificar is regular: codificaría, codificarías, codificaría, codificaríamos, codificaríais, codificarían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: codificara
The imperfect subjunctive of codificar is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: codificara, codificaras, codificara, codificáramos, codificarais, codificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: codifica
The imperative of codificar uses standard -ar endings with a spelling change in most forms: codifica, codifique, codifiquemos, codificad, codifiquen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no codifiques
The negative imperative of codificar uses the present subjunctive forms: no codifiques, no codifique, no codifiquemos, no codifiquéis, no codifiquen.