culpar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
culpar — to blame
The imperfect subjunctive of culpar is: culpara, culparas, culpara, culpáramos, culparais, culparan.
culpar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this in 'if' clauses (e.g., 'If I blamed you...') or after verbs of emotion/request in the past.
Notes on culpar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Derived from the third-person plural preterite (culparon), it is regular for an -ar verb.
Example Sentences
Si yo te culpara, tendrías razón en estar enojado.
If I were to blame you, you would be right to be angry.
yo
Dudaba que ellos nos culparan.
I doubted that they would blame us.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Fue una pena que nos culpáramos unos a otros.
It was a shame that we blamed each other.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: culparamos
Correct: culpáramos
Why: The nosotros form in the imperfect subjunctive always needs an accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: culpo
The present of culpar is regular: culpo, culpas, culpa, culpamos, culpáis, culpan.
Preterite
yo: culpé
The preterite of culpar is regular: culpé, culpaste, culpó, culpamos, culpasteis, culparon.
Imperfect
yo: culpaba
The imperfect of culpar is regular: culpaba, culpabas, culpaba, culpábamos, culpabais, culpaban.
Future
yo: culparé
The future of culpar is regular: culparé, culparás, culpará, culparemos, culparéis, culparán.
Conditional
yo: culparía
The conditional of culpar is regular: culparía, culparías, culparía, culparíamos, culparíais, culparían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: culpe
The present subjunctive of culpar is: culpe, culpes, culpe, culpemos, culpéis, culpen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: culpa
The affirmative imperative of culpar is: culpa (tú), culpe (usted), culpemos (nosotros), culpad (vosotros), culpen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no culpes
The negative imperative of culpar uses the present subjunctive: no culpes, no culpe, no culpemos, no culpéis, no culpen.