encomendar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
encomendar — to entrust
Formed from the third-person plural preterite, it is regular: encomendara, encomendaras, etc.
encomendar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use in 'if' clauses (hypotheticals) or when the main verb is in the past and requires the subjunctive.
Notes on encomendar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
There is no stem change in this tense. It is based on the preterite stem 'encomendar-'.
Example Sentences
Si me encomendaras la tarea, la terminaría hoy.
If you were to entrust the task to me, I would finish it today.
tú
El director quería que encomendáramos el presupuesto a Juan.
The director wanted us to entrust the budget to Juan.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: encomiendara
Correct: encomendara
Why: The stem change 'ie' does not apply to the imperfect subjunctive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: encomiendo
In the present tense, encomendar follows an e-to-ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: encomendé
The preterite of encomendar is completely regular, following standard -ar verb endings.
Imperfect
yo: encomendaba
The imperfect of encomendar is regular: encomendaba, encomendabas, encomendaba, etc.
Future
yo: encomendaré
The future tense is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive encomendar.
Conditional
yo: encomendaría
The conditional uses the infinitive encomendar plus the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: encomiende
The present subjunctive follows the e-to-ie stem change (encomiende), mirroring the present indicative's pattern.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: encomienda
The imperative uses the stem change 'ie' for tú, usted, and ustedes (encomienda, encomiende, encomienden).
Negative Imperative
yo: no encomiendes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no encomiendes, no encomiende, etc.