corregir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
corregir — to correct
Use 'corrige' for friends and 'corrija' for formal situations.
corregir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give orders or instructions, like telling a student to correct their mistakes.
Notes on corregir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (corrige) has an 'e' to 'i' change. The formal 'usted' and plural 'ustedes' use the 'j' from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Corrige este párrafo, por favor.
Correct this paragraph, please.
tú
Corrija usted su firma aquí.
Correct your signature here (formal).
usted
Corrijamos los errores ahora.
Let's correct the errors now.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'corrije' for the tú command.
Correct: corrige
Why: The tú command uses a 'g' because it ends in 'e' (soft sound). The 'j' is only needed before 'a' or 'o'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: corrijo
Corregir has a 'g' to 'j' spelling change in the first person and an 'e' to 'i' stem change in most forms.
Preterite
yo: corregí
Corregir is a 'slipper verb,' changing 'e' to 'i' only in the third-person forms (él/ellos).
Imperfect
yo: corregía
Corregir is completely regular in the imperfect: corregía, corregías, corregía...
Future
yo: corregiré
The future tense is regular: simply add endings to the full infinitive 'corregir'.
Conditional
yo: corregiría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía to the infinitive 'corregir'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: corrija
The present subjunctive uses the 'j' spelling change and 'e' to 'i' stem change in all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: corrigiera
Based on the preterite 'ellos' form, this tense uses the 'i' stem: corrigiera, corrigieras...
Negative Imperative
yo: no corrijas
Always uses the 'j' spelling: No corrijas, no corrija, no corrijamos.