investigar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
investigar — to investigate
Formed from the 'ellos' preterite: investigara, investigaras, investigara...
investigar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations (If I investigated...) or past requests and doubts.
Notes on investigar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular. It is built from the preterite stem 'investigar-'.
Example Sentences
Si investigaras más, sabrías la verdad.
If you investigated more, you would know the truth.
tú
Me gustaría que investigaran el robo.
I would like them to investigate the robbery.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Dudaba que él investigara el caso.
I doubted that he was investigating the case.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: investigáramos (misplaced accent)
Correct: investigáramos
Why: The accent must always be on the third-to-last syllable in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: investigo
Investigar is a regular -ar verb in the present indicative: investigo, investigas, investiga...
Preterite
yo: investigué
Investigar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (investigué) to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: investigaba
Investigar is regular in the imperfect: investigaba, investigabas, investigaba...
Future
yo: investigaré
The future tense uses the full infinitive 'investigar' plus endings: investigaré, investigarás...
Conditional
yo: investigaría
The conditional adds endings to the infinitive: investigaría, investigarías, investigaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: investigue
The present subjunctive uses a 'gu' spelling change: investigue, investigues, investigue...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: investiga
Give commands: investiga (tú), investigue (usted), investiguemos (nosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no investigues
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no investigues, no investigue...