contradecir Imperfect Conjugation
contradecir — to contradict
Contradecir is regular in the imperfect: contradecía, contradecías, contradecía.
contradecir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a habitual tendency to contradict people or to describe a contradiction that was ongoing in the background of a story.
Notes on contradecir in the Imperfect
Contradecir is completely regular in the imperfect. All forms have an accent on the 'í'.
Example Sentences
De niño, él siempre contradecía a su maestro.
As a child, he always used to contradict his teacher.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros nos contradecíamos constantemente.
We were contradicting each other constantly.
nosotros
Tú siempre contradecías mis planes.
You were always contradicting my plans.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'i'.
Correct: contradecía, contradecíamos, etc.
Why: All -er and -ir verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: contradigo
Contradecir is highly irregular in the present, following the pattern of 'decir' with a 'g' in the 'yo' form and an e-to-i stem change.
Preterite
yo: contradije
The preterite of contradecir uses the irregular 'j' stem: contradije, contradijiste, contradijo.
Future
yo: contradeciré
The future tense is regular for contradecir: contradeciré, contradecirás, contradecirá.
Conditional
yo: contradeciría
The conditional is regular: contradeciría, contradecirías, contradeciría.
Present Subjunctive
yo: contradiga
The present subjunctive uses the 'contradiga-' stem, derived from the 'yo' form of the present indicative.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: contradijera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'contradije-' stem: contradijera, contradijeras, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: contradice
The imperative uses 'contradice' (tú) and 'contradiga' (usted) for direct commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no contradigas
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no contradigas, no contradiga.