comunicar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
comunicar — to communicate
The imperfect subjunctive of comunicar follows the third-person preterite: comunicara, comunicaras, comunicara, comunicáramos, comunicarais, comunicaran.
comunicar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past requests, like 'If they communicated more, they would be happier.'
Notes on comunicar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
It is based on the preterite stem 'comunicar-'. It does not use the 'qu' spelling change because the endings start with 'a'.
Example Sentences
Si ellos se comunicaran más, no habría problemas.
If they communicated more, there wouldn't be problems.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Me gustaría que tú comunicaras tus ideas.
I would like you to communicate your ideas.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'comuniquera' with a 'qu'.
Correct: comunicara
Why: The 'qu' is only needed before 'e' or 'i'. Since these endings start with 'a', the 'c' naturally stays hard.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: comunico
The present tense of comunicar is regular: comunico, comunicas, comunica, comunicamos, comunicáis, comunican.
Preterite
yo: comuniqué
The preterite of comunicar has a spelling change in the first person: comuniqué, comunicaste, comunicó, comunicamos, comunicasteis, comunicaron.
Imperfect
yo: comunicaba
The imperfect of comunicar is regular: comunicaba, comunicabas, comunicaba, comunicábamos, comunicabais, comunicaban.
Future
yo: comunicaré
The future of comunicar is regular: comunicaré, comunicarás, comunicará, comunicaremos, comunicaréis, comunicarán.
Conditional
yo: comunicaría
The conditional of comunicar is regular: comunicaría, comunicarías, comunicaría, comunicaríamos, comunicaríais, comunicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: comunique
The present subjunctive of comunicar uses a spelling change in all forms: comunique, comuniques, comunique, comuniquemos, comuniquéis, comuniquen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comunica
The imperative of comunicar gives commands: comunica (tú), comunique (usted), comunicad (vosotros), comuniquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no comuniques
The negative imperative of comunicar uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no comuniques, no comunique, no comuniquemos, no comuniquéis, no comuniquen.