comunicarse Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
comunicarse — to communicate
The imperfect subjunctive is regular for comunicarse, based on the 'comunicaron' stem: se comunicara, se comunicaras.
comunicarse Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations (using 'if') or when you wanted someone to reach out in the past.
Notes on comunicarse in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular. It follows the standard -ar verb pattern using the third-person plural preterite stem.
Example Sentences
Si nos comunicáramos más, no habría problemas.
If we communicated more, there wouldn't be problems.
nosotros
Ella quería que me comunicara con ella ayer.
She wanted me to get in touch with her yesterday.
yo
Sería mejor que se comunicaran directamente.
It would be better if they communicated directly.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Correct: nos comunicáramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires an accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: me comunico
The present tense of comunicarse is fully regular: me comunico, te comunicas, se comunica.
Preterite
yo: me comuniqué
The preterite of comunicarse has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: me comuniqué.
Imperfect
yo: me comunicaba
The imperfect of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaba, te comunicabas, se comunicaba.
Future
yo: me comunicaré
The future tense of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaré, te comunicarás, se comunicará.
Conditional
yo: me comunicaría
The conditional of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaría, te comunicarías, se comunicaría.
Present Subjunctive
yo: me comunique
The present subjunctive of comunicarse uses a spelling change (c to qu): me comunique, te comuniques, se comunique.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comunícate
The affirmative imperative of comunicarse uses 'qu' for formal commands: comunícate, comuníquese.
Negative Imperative
yo: no te comuniques
Negative commands for comunicarse use 'no' + present subjunctive: no te comuniques, no se comunique.