justificar Negative Imperative Conjugation
justificar — to justify
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no justifiques, no justifique...
justificar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to try and make excuses for something.
Notes on justificar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use 'qu' instead of 'c' to maintain the hard 'k' sound.
Example Sentences
No justifiques lo que hiciste.
Don't justify what you did.
tú
No justifiquen la violencia nunca.
Don't ever justify violence.
No justifiquemos lo injustificable.
Let's not justify the unjustifiable.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no justifica' for a command.
Correct: no justifiques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive forms, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: justifico
The present tense of justificar is regular: justifico, justificas, justifica, justificamos, justificáis, justifican.
Preterite
yo: justifiqué
The preterite features a spelling change in the 'yo' form: justifiqué, but otherwise follows regular -ar patterns.
Imperfect
yo: justificaba
The imperfect of justificar is fully regular: justificaba, justificabas, justificaba, justificábamos, justificabais, justificaban.
Future
yo: justificaré
The future of justificar is regular: justificaré, justificarás, justificará, justificaremos, justificaréis, justificarán.
Conditional
yo: justificaría
The conditional of justificar is regular: justificaría, justificarías, justificaría, justificaríamos, justificaríais, justificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: justifique
The present subjunctive changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: justifiqué, justifiques, justifique...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: justificara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: justificara, justificaras, justificara, justificáramos, justificarais, justificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: justifica
Use 'justifica' (tú) or 'justifique' (usted) to command someone to provide a reason.