comunicar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
comunicar — to communicate
The present subjunctive of comunicar uses a spelling change in all forms: comunique, comuniques, comunique, comuniquemos, comuniquéis, comuniquen.
comunicar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this when you want or hope someone communicates something (e.g., 'Espero que me comunique...').
Notes on comunicar in the Present Subjunctive
Because of the 'c' to 'qu' spelling change, every form in the present subjunctive uses 'qu' instead of 'c'.
Example Sentences
Espero que ella me comunique su decisión hoy.
I hope she communicates her decision to me today.
él/ella/usted
Es importante que nos comuniquemos mejor.
It is important that we communicate better.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'comunice' with a 'c'.
Correct: comunique
Why: A 'c' before 'e' makes an 's' sound. You need 'qu' to keep the hard 'k' sound from 'comunicar'.
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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.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: comunicara
The imperfect subjunctive of comunicar follows the third-person preterite: comunicara, comunicaras, comunicara, comunicáramos, comunicarais, comunicaran.
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.