indagar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
indagar — to investigate
The imperative uses the 'g' to 'gu' spelling change for formal commands and 'nosotros'.
indagar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders to investigate or look into something.
Notes on indagar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' command is 'indaga' (regular). The 'usted', 'ustedes', and 'nosotros' forms use the subjunctive stem with the 'gu' spelling change (indague, indaguen, indaguemos).
Example Sentences
Indaga un poco más antes de decidir.
Investigate a bit more before deciding.
tú
Indague usted en los archivos, por favor.
Please, look into the archives (formal).
Indaguemos la fuente de esta información.
Let's investigate the source of this information.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'indage' for the formal command.
Correct: indague
Why: Formal commands (usted) are pulled from the present subjunctive, which requires the 'gu' spelling change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: indago
Indagar is completely regular in the present indicative: indago, indagas, indaga, indagamos, indagáis, indagan.
Preterite
yo: indagué
Indagar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'indagué'.
Imperfect
yo: indagaba
The imperfect of indagar is regular: indagaba, indagabas, indagaba, indagábamos, indagabais, indagaban.
Future
yo: indagaré
The future tense of indagar is regular: indagaré, indagarás, indagará, indagaremos, indagaréis, indagarán.
Conditional
yo: indagaría
The conditional of indagar is regular: indagaría, indagarías, indagaría, indagaríamos, indagaríais, indagarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: indague
The present subjunctive of indagar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: indague, indagues, indague, indaguemos, indaguéis, indaguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: indagara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: indagara, indagaras, indagara, indagáramos, indagarais, indagaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no indagues
All negative commands for indagar use the present subjunctive forms: no indagues, no indague, no indaguemos, no indaguéis, no indaguen.