identificar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
identificar — to identify
The imperative of identificar gives commands: identifica (tú), identifique (usted).
identificar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to identify themselves or to point something out in a set of data.
Notes on identificar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is regular (identifica). The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms use 'qu' (identifique) to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Example Sentences
¡Identifica el problema ahora mismo!
Identify the problem right now!
tú
Identifique su equipaje, por favor.
Identify your luggage, please.
usted
Identifiquemos los puntos positivos de la reunión.
Let's identify the positive points of the meeting.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: identifice (usted)
Correct: identifique
Why: Formal commands use the 'qu' spelling change before the 'e' ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: identifico
Identificar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: identifico, identificas, identifica...
Preterite
yo: identifiqué
The preterite of identificar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: identifiqué.
Imperfect
yo: identificaba
The imperfect of identificar is regular: identificaba, identificabas, identificaba...
Future
yo: identificaré
The future of identificar is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: identificaría
The conditional of identificar is regular: identificaría, identificarías, identificaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: identifique
The present subjunctive of identificar uses 'qu' in all forms: identifique, identifiques, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: identificara
The imperfect subjunctive of identificar is regular: identificara, identificaras, identificara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no identifiques
The negative imperative of identificar always uses the 'qu' spelling: no identifiques, no identifique.