ingerir Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
ingerir — to ingest
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'ingir-' stem throughout: ingiriera, ingirieras, ingiriera...
ingerir Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations regarding consumption or when a request about intake happened in the past.
Notes on ingerir in the Imperfect Subjunctive
The stem is derived from the 3rd person plural of the preterite (ingirieron), resulting in an 'i' instead of an 'e' for all persons.
Example Sentences
Si ingirieras menos sal, te sentirías mejor.
If you ingested less salt, you would feel better.
tú
Me pidieron que no ingiriera sólidos por 24 horas.
They asked me not to ingest solids for 24 hours.
yo
Si ingiriéramos veneno, estaríamos en problemas.
If we ingested poison, we would be in trouble.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'ingeriera' with an 'e'.
Correct: ingiriera
Why: The stem must match the preterite 3rd person plural (ingirieron), which uses an 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ingiero
Ingerir has an e→ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: ingerí
Ingerir is mostly regular but has a 'basement' change (e→i) in the third person: ingirió and ingirieron.
Imperfect
yo: ingería
Ingerir is regular in the imperfect: ingería, ingerías, ingería, ingeríamos, ingeríais, ingerían.
Future
yo: ingeriré
Ingerir is completely regular in the future: ingeriré, ingerirás, ingerirá, etc.
Conditional
yo: ingeriría
Ingerir is regular in the conditional: ingeriría, ingerirías, ingeriría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: ingiera
Ingerir undergoes an e→ie stem change (ingiera) and an e→i change in the nosotros/vosotros forms (ingiramos).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ingiere
The imperative uses 'ingiere' for tú, 'ingerid' for vosotros, and 'ingiera' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ingieras
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no ingieras, no ingiera, no ingiramos...