interrogar Negative Imperative Conjugation
interrogar — to interrogate
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no interrogues, no interrogue, no interroguemos, no interroguéis, no interroguen.
interrogar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to interrogate or question a person.
Notes on interrogar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'gu' spelling change (e.g., no interrogues) to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
No interrogues al niño todavía.
Don't interrogate the child yet.
tú
Por favor, no me interrogue más.
Please, don't interrogate me anymore.
No interroguen a los pasajeros sin permiso.
Don't interrogate the passengers without permission.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the 'tú' affirmative form for a negative command: 'No interroga'.
Correct: No interrogues
Why: Negative commands always use the subjunctive form, never the affirmative imperative form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: interrogo
The present tense of interrogar is completely regular: interrogo, interrogas, interroga, interrogamos, interrogáis, interrogan.
Preterite
yo: interrogué
The preterite has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: interrogué, interrogaste, interrogó, interrogamos, interrogasteis, interrogaron.
Imperfect
yo: interrogaba
The imperfect of interrogar is regular: interrogaba, interrogabas, interrogaba, interrogábamos, interrogabais, interrogaban.
Future
yo: interrogaré
The future tense is formed by adding endings to the infinitive: interrogaré, interrogarás, interrogará, interrogaremos, interrogaréis, interrogarán.
Conditional
yo: interrogaría
The conditional adds endings to the infinitive: interrogaría, interrogarías, interrogaría, interrogaríamos, interrogaríais, interrogarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: interrogue
The present subjunctive of interrogar changes 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: interrogue, interrogues, interrogue, interroguemos, interroguéis, interroguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: interrogara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: interrogara, interrogaras, interrogara, interrogáramos, interrogarais, interrogaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: interroga
The affirmative imperative uses 'interroga' (tú) and 'interrogue' (usted), with a spelling change in most forms.