inscribir Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
inscribir — to enroll
The imperfect subjunctive of inscribir uses the -ra endings: inscribiera, inscribieras, inscribiera, inscribiéramos, inscribierais, inscribieran.
inscribir Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for past-tense doubts or hypothetical 'if' scenarios, like if you were to enroll in a course but didn't.
Notes on inscribir in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is formed regularly from the third-person plural preterite (inscribieron).
Example Sentences
Si me inscribiera en ese curso, aprendería mucho.
If I were to enroll in that course, I would learn a lot.
yo
Me gustaría que nos inscribiéramos juntos.
I would like us to enroll together.
nosotros
No creía que inscribieran a extranjeros.
I didn't think they enrolled foreigners.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form.
Correct: inscribiéramos
Why: All 'nosotros' forms in the imperfect subjunctive require a written accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: inscribo
The present tense of inscribir is regular: inscribo, inscribes, inscribe, inscribimos, inscribís, inscriben.
Preterite
yo: inscribí
The preterite of inscribir is regular: inscribí, inscribiste, inscribió, inscribimos, inscribisteis, inscribieron.
Imperfect
yo: inscribía
The imperfect of inscribir is regular: inscribía, inscribías, inscribía, inscribíamos, inscribíais, inscribían.
Future
yo: inscribiré
The future of inscribir is regular: inscribiré, inscribirás, inscribirá, inscribiremos, inscribiréis, inscribirán.
Conditional
yo: inscribiría
The conditional of inscribir is regular: inscribiría, inscribirías, inscribiría, inscribiríamos, inscribiríais, inscribirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: inscriba
The present subjunctive of inscribir is regular: inscriba, inscribas, inscriba, inscribamos, inscribáis, inscriban.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: inscribe
The affirmative imperative of inscribir uses: inscribe (tú), inscriba (usted), inscribamos (nosotros), inscribid (vosotros), inscriban (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no inscribas
The negative imperative of inscribir uses the present subjunctive: no inscribas (tú), no inscriba (usted), no inscribamos (nosotros), no inscribáis (vosotros), no inscriban (ustedes).