indagar Negative Imperative Conjugation
indagar — to investigate
All negative commands for indagar use the present subjunctive forms: no indagues, no indague, no indaguemos, no indaguéis, no indaguen.
indagar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to pry or investigate something.
Notes on indagar in the Negative Imperative
Because all forms use the subjunctive, every single form requires the 'g' to 'gu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
No indagues en mis cosas personales.
Don't pry into my personal things.
tú
No indague en ese asunto, es peligroso.
Don't look into that matter; it's dangerous (formal).
No indaguen más por hoy.
Don't investigate any further for today.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no indaga' for the tú command.
Correct: no indagues
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: indaga
The imperative uses the 'g' to 'gu' spelling change for formal commands and 'nosotros'.