coordinar Imperfect Conjugation
coordinar — to coordinate
The imperfect of coordinar is regular: coordinaba, coordinabas, coordinaba, coordinábamos, coordinabais, coordinaban.
coordinar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect of coordinar to describe habitual actions in the past ('I used to coordinate...') or to set the scene, describing what was happening when something else occurred.
Notes on coordinar in the Imperfect
Coordinar is regular in the imperfect tense.
Example Sentences
Yo coordinaba las reuniones semanales cuando trabajaba allí.
I used to coordinate the weekly meetings when I worked there.
yo
¿Tú coordinabas los turnos de noche?
Did you used to coordinate the night shifts?
tú
Ella coordinaba el voluntariado cada verano.
She coordinated the volunteering every summer.
él/ella/usted
Mientras ellos coordinaban la logística, nosotros preparábamos la comida.
While they were coordinating the logistics, we were preparing the food.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the preterite for habitual past actions.
Correct: For 'I used to coordinate', use 'Yo coordinaba', not 'Yo coordiné'.
Why: The imperfect describes ongoing or repeated actions in the past, not completed ones.
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'coordinábamos' (nosotros).
Correct: The nosotros form requires an accent: coordinábamos.
Why: The accent marks the stressed syllable in this imperfect form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: coordino
The present indicative of coordinar is regular: coordino, coordinas, coordina, coordinamos, coordináis, coordinan.
Preterite
yo: coordiné
The preterite of coordinar is regular: coordiné, coordinaste, coordinó, coordinamos, coordinasteis, coordinaron.
Future
yo: coordinaré
The future of coordinar is regular: coordinaré, coordinarás, coordinará, coordinaremos, coordinaréis, coordinarán.
Conditional
yo: coordinaría
The conditional of coordinar is regular: coordinaría, coordinarías, coordinaría, coordinaríamos, coordinaríais, coordinarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: coordine
The present subjunctive of coordinar: coordine, coordines, coordinemos, coordinen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: coordinara
The imperfect subjunctive of coordinar (-ra form): coordinara, coordinaras, coordináramos, coordinaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: coordina
Use the imperative of coordinar for direct commands: coordina, coordine, coordinemos, coordinad, coordinen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no coordines
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no coordines, no coordine, no coordinemos, no coordinéis, no coordinen.